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Homophobic bullying victimization trajectories: The roles of perpetration, sex assigned at birth, and sexuality
Author(s) -
Hatchel Tyler,
Ingram Katherine M.,
Huang Yuanhong,
Espelage Dorothy L.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/ab.21897
Subject(s) - human sexuality , aggression , psychology , developmental psychology , longitudinal study , poison control , latent growth modeling , medicine , medical emergency , gender studies , sociology , pathology
There is a paucity of research on developmental trajectories of bias‐based aggression. We examined homophobic bullying victimization trajectories among high school students ( N = 3,064; M age = 13.67; Girls = 50.2%) and how these developmental pathways vary as a function of factors like homophobic bullying perpetration, sex assigned at birth, and sexuality. Using data from a 3‐wave longitudinal investigation over a 2‐year period, we utilized latent growth mixture modeling to explore the aforementioned trajectories. Findings suggested that there were three distinct classes characterized by high initial rates and declines over time, low initial rates, and increases over time, and low, stable, rate across time. Furthermore, results indicated that homophobic bullying perpetration, sex assigned at birth, and sexuality all predicted class membership.