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Problematic Behaviors and Predicting Online Risk Behaviors in High School Students

Published:2022-04-19 Issue: Volume: Page:105984052210914
ISSN:1059-8405
Container-title:The Journal of School Nursing
language:en
Short-container-title:The Journal of School Nursing

Author:

B. Dowdell Elizabeth¹^ORCID,Lamade Raina V.²,Lee Austin F.³⁴,Schuler Ann⁵,Prentky Robert A.⁶

Affiliation:

1. M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA

2. University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, USA

3. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

4. University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

5. Justice Resource Institute, Boston, MA, USA

6. Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, USA

Abstract

Adolescent behavior now occurs offline and online. Frequently studied and treated independently, the relationship between offline problem behaviors and online risk taking is not well understood. This study asked whether there are any problematic behaviors predictive of online risk taking by high school students. Using a 2009 dataset of 2,077 high school students grades 9–12, five areas of offline problematic behaviors were examined: Academic problems, anxiety, behavioral wrongdoing, bullying, and social-emotional. Nine binary results were classified as online risk: Sexting, online harassment (perpetrating and experiencing), visiting sex sites, talking about sex, receiving sexual pictures, meeting offline, anything sexual happened, feeling nervous or uncomfortable. Behavioral wrongdoing (fighting, school suspension, trouble with police, theft), emerged as a significant predictor appearing in all nine models, followed by bullying experience (bully or victim) in six models. Identifying common problem behaviors that predict online risk taking are key components in developing strategies to promote adolescent health and well-being.

Funder

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Nursing (miscellaneous)

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10598405221091481

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