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Motivation to Move Out of the Community as a Moderator of Bullying Victimization and Delinquent Behavior: Comparing Non-Heterosexual/Cisgender and Heterosexual African American Adolescents in Chicago’s Southside

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  • Jun Sung Hong

    (School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA)

  • Saijun Zhang

    (Department of Social Work, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA)

  • Rachel C. Garthe

    (School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA)

  • Megan R. Hicks

    (School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA)

  • Ellen W. deLara

    (Falk College of Sport & Human Dynamics, School of Social Work, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA)

  • Dexter R. Voisin

    (Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1V4, Canada)

Abstract

A growing body of research documents that bullying victimization is associated with delinquent behavior. There is an increasing need to better illuminate the factors that might moderate this relationship. This study examined whether the motivation to move out of low-resourced neighborhoods and sexual orientation/gender identity moderated the relationship between bullying victimization and delinquent behavior among a sample of 450 heterosexual and 91 non-heterosexual/cisgender African American youths. Measures considered were bullying victimization, delinquent behavior, sexual orientation/gender identity, motivation to move out, and family demographics. Sexual orientation/gender identity was not associated with youth delinquent behavior after controlling for covariates. Being motivated to move out moderated the association between bullying victimization and delinquent behavior. Sexual orientation/gender identity and being motivated to move out of low-resourced communities jointly contributed to the moderating effect between bullying victimization and delinquent behavior. For non-heterosexual/cisgender youth, bullying victimization is correlated with increased delinquent behavior for those with low motivation to move out of their communities compared with those with an average or higher level of motivation to stay. However, such a moderating effect was not shown for heterosexual youth.

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  • Jun Sung Hong & Saijun Zhang & Rachel C. Garthe & Megan R. Hicks & Ellen W. deLara & Dexter R. Voisin, 2021. "Motivation to Move Out of the Community as a Moderator of Bullying Victimization and Delinquent Behavior: Comparing Non-Heterosexual/Cisgender and Heterosexual African American Adolescents in Chicago’," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(24), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:24:p:12998-:d:698621
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    1. Marotta, Phillip L. & Voisin, Dexter R., 2017. "Testing three pathways to substance use and delinquency among low-income African American adolescents," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 7-14.
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