@article{ref1,
title="Longitudinal associations among bully, homophobic teasing, and sexual violence perpetration among middle school students",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2015",
author="Espelage, Dorothy L. and Basile, Kathleen C. and De La Rue, Lisa and Hamburger, Merle E.",
volume="30",
number="14",
pages="2541-2561",
abstract="Bullying perpetration and sexual harassment perpetration among adolescents are major public health issues. However, few studies have addressed the empirical link between being a perpetrator of bullying and subsequent sexual harassment perpetration among early adolescents in the literature. Homophobic teasing has been shown to be common among middle school youth and was tested as a moderator of the link between bullying and sexual harassment perpetration in this 2-year longitudinal study. More specifically, the present study tests the Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway theory, which posits that adolescent bullies who also participate in homophobic name-calling toward peers are more likely to perpetrate sexual harassment over time. <br><br>FINDINGS from logistical regression analyses (n = 979, 5th-7th graders) reveal an association between bullying in early middle school and sexual harassment in later middle school, and results support the Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway model, with homophobic teasing as a moderator, for boys only. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that to prevent bully perpetration and its later association with sexual harassment perpetration, prevention programs should address the use of homophobic epithets.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260514553113",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260514553113"
}