%0 Journal Article
%T Gender, parental education, and experiences of bullying victimization by Australian adolescents with and without a disability
%J Child: care, health and development
%D 2018
%A Kavanagh, A.
%A Priest, N.
%A Emerson, E.
%A Milner, A.
%A King, T.
%V 44
%N 2
%P 332-341
%X BACKGROUND: This study sought to compare the prevalence of bullying victimization between adolescents with and without a disability and between adolescents with and without borderline intellectual functioning or intellectual disability (BIF/ID). We also sought to assess whether the relationships between either disability or BIF/ID and bullying victimization vary by gender and parental education. <br><br>METHODS: The sample included 3,956 12- to 13-year-old adolescents who participated in Wave 5 of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Three indicators of bullying were used: physical bullying victimization, social bullying victimization, and "any bullying victimization." We used Poisson regression to obtain the prevalence risk ratios (PRR) of bullying by disability status adjusting for potential confounders. <br><br>RESULTS: In adjusted models, we found evidence that social bullying victimization was more prevalent among adolescents with a disability than those without a disability (PRR 1.29, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.06-1.42) and between adolescents with BIF/ID than those without (PRR 1.24, 95% CI 1.07-1.44). Adolescents with BIF/ID were also more likely to experience "any bullying victimization"(PRR 1.10, 95% CI 1.00-1.22). Having a disability and living in a family with low parental education were associated with an elevated risk of social bullying victimization BIF/ID. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents with disabilities and BIF/ID are at elevated risk of social bullying victimization. School-based antibullying initiatives should concentrate on enhancing the inclusion of adolescents with disabilities, with an emphasis on adolescents from disadvantaged backgrounds.<br><br>© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0305-1862
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cch.12545