A Common Bond Revealed Between School Bullies And Their Targets: Alcohol Abuse

A Common Bond Revealed Between School Bullies And Their Targets: Alcohol Abuse

 

Article Date: 31 Oct 2012

 

A new study out of the University of Cincinnati finds that both school bullies and their victims are likely to abuse alcohol after a bullying episode. Keith King, a University of Cincinnati professor of health promotion, along with Rebecca Vidourek, a UC assistant professor of health promotion, presented early findings of a new study at the 140th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in San Francisco. 

The study examined bullying, recent alcohol use and heavy drinking episodes among more than 54,000 7th-through-12th grade students in schools across Greater Cincinnati, including the Tristate regions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The data was collected by the Coalition for a Drug Free Greater Cincinnati as part of the 2009-2010 Pride Survey on adolescent drug use in America. Read More…

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