TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent bullying and sleep difficulties
AU - Hunter, Simon C.
AU - Durkin, Kevin
AU - Boyle, James M. E.
AU - Booth, Josephine N.
AU - Rasmussen, Susan
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - This study evaluated whether adolescents who report having been bullied, being bullies, or report both being a bully and being bullied experience more sleep difficulties than children uninvolved in bullying. The study drew upon cognitive theories of insomnia, investigating whether the extent to which young people report worrying about bullying can moderate associations between victimization and sleep difficulties. Participants were 5420 adolescents who completed a self-report questionnaire. Pure Victims (OR = 1.72, 95% CI [1.07, 2.75]), Pure Bullies (OR = 1.80, 95% CI [1.16, 2.81]), and Bully-Victims (OR = 2.90, 95% CI [1.17, 4.92]) were all more likely to experience sleep difficulties when compared to uninvolved young people. The extent to which young people reported worrying about being bullied did not moderate the links between victimization and sleep difficulties. In this way, bullying is clearly related to sleep difficulties among adolescents but the conceptual reach of the cognitive model of insomnia in this domain is questioned.
AB - This study evaluated whether adolescents who report having been bullied, being bullies, or report both being a bully and being bullied experience more sleep difficulties than children uninvolved in bullying. The study drew upon cognitive theories of insomnia, investigating whether the extent to which young people report worrying about bullying can moderate associations between victimization and sleep difficulties. Participants were 5420 adolescents who completed a self-report questionnaire. Pure Victims (OR = 1.72, 95% CI [1.07, 2.75]), Pure Bullies (OR = 1.80, 95% CI [1.16, 2.81]), and Bully-Victims (OR = 2.90, 95% CI [1.17, 4.92]) were all more likely to experience sleep difficulties when compared to uninvolved young people. The extent to which young people reported worrying about being bullied did not moderate the links between victimization and sleep difficulties. In this way, bullying is clearly related to sleep difficulties among adolescents but the conceptual reach of the cognitive model of insomnia in this domain is questioned.
KW - Bullying
KW - Insomnia
KW - Logistic regression
KW - Peer-victimization
KW - Sleep difficulty
KW - Worry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84912082469&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5964/ejop.v10i4.815
DO - 10.5964/ejop.v10i4.815
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84912082469
VL - 10
SP - 740
EP - 755
JO - Europe's Journal of Psychology
JF - Europe's Journal of Psychology
IS - 4
ER -