Peer Victimization and Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviors—the Role of Intersecting Identities among New York City Youth

We investigated the intersection of sexual minority, gender, and Hispanic identities, and their interaction with peer victimization in predicting unhealthy weight control behaviors (UWCB) among New York City (NYC) youths. Using logistic regression with data from the 2011 NYC Youth Risk Behavior Surv...

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Published in:Journal of urban health 2017-08, Vol.94 (4), p.506-513
Main Authors: Thapa, Kriti, Kelvin, Elizabeth A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Aggression
Bullying
Bullying - statistics & numerical data
Children & youth
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Cross-Sectional Studies
Epidemiology
Feeding and Eating Disorders - ethnology
Female
Health Informatics
Hispanic or Latino - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Intimate Partner Violence - ethnology
Logistic Models
Male
Males
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Minority & ethnic groups
New York City
Peer Group
Peer relationships
Predictive control
Public Health
Risk taking
Sex Factors
Sexual and Gender Minorities - statistics & numerical data
Statistical analysis
Urban Population
Victimization
Violence
Weight control
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Summary:We investigated the intersection of sexual minority, gender, and Hispanic identities, and their interaction with peer victimization in predicting unhealthy weight control behaviors (UWCB) among New York City (NYC) youths. Using logistic regression with data from the 2011 NYC Youth Risk Behavior Survey, we examined the association of sexual identity, gender, ethnicity, and peer victimization (dating violence, bullying at school, electronic bullying) in predicting UWCB. Sexual minority youths, dating violence victims, and youths bullied at school had 1.97, 3.32, and 1.74 times higher odds of UWCB than their counterparts, respectively ( P  
ISSN:1099-3460
1468-2869
DOI:10.1007/s11524-017-0163-0