TY - JOUR
T1 - Bullying Victimization, Future Orientation, and Suicidal Ideation of African American Youth in an Under-Resourced Community
T2 - A Moderated-Mediation Approach
AU - Choi, Jungtae
AU - Hong, Jun Sung
AU - O’Donnell, Lisa A.
AU - Voisin, Dexter R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Center for Health Administration Studies and the STI/HIV Intervention Network at the University of Chicago, which were awarded to Dr. Dexter R. Voisin.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - African American youth living in low-resourced communities are at high risk for bullying victimization which is positively associated with suicidal ideation. This study explored whether positive future orientation mediated the relationship between bullying victimization and suicidal ideation. This study engaged 627 African American adolescents and measured bullying victimization, internalizing problems, suicidal ideation, future orientation, and several covariates. Major findings indicated that controlling for gender, socioeconomic status, school motivation, and perceived teacher support, internalizing problems mediated the relationship between bullying victimization and suicidal ideation. Furthermore, both the effect of bullying victimization on suicidal ideation and the mediating effect of internalizing problems were moderated by future orientation. The effects were weakened when the level of future orientation increased. The implications for future research and supporting resiliency are discussed based on these findings.
AB - African American youth living in low-resourced communities are at high risk for bullying victimization which is positively associated with suicidal ideation. This study explored whether positive future orientation mediated the relationship between bullying victimization and suicidal ideation. This study engaged 627 African American adolescents and measured bullying victimization, internalizing problems, suicidal ideation, future orientation, and several covariates. Major findings indicated that controlling for gender, socioeconomic status, school motivation, and perceived teacher support, internalizing problems mediated the relationship between bullying victimization and suicidal ideation. Furthermore, both the effect of bullying victimization on suicidal ideation and the mediating effect of internalizing problems were moderated by future orientation. The effects were weakened when the level of future orientation increased. The implications for future research and supporting resiliency are discussed based on these findings.
KW - African American adolescents
KW - Bullying victimization
KW - Future orientation
KW - Internalizing problems
KW - Suicidal ideation
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U2 - 10.1007/s10597-022-00989-9
DO - 10.1007/s10597-022-00989-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 35655050
AN - SCOPUS:85131312711
SN - 0010-3853
VL - 59
SP - 68
EP - 76
JO - Community Mental Health Journal
JF - Community Mental Health Journal
IS - 1
ER -