Bullying and Psychoactive Substance Use Among Adolescents: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey in Brazil
In Brazil, being a victim of bullying is associated with increased use of various psychoactive substances. These findings align with studies conducted in other Latin American countries, yet diverge in part from patterns observed in high-income countries-highlighting the influence of geographic and sociocultural contexts on these risk associations.
Authors
- Giuliana Perrotte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3893-1743)
- João Maurício Castaldelli-Maia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-2291)
- Júlio Torales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3277-7036)
- Marjorie Mastellaro Baruzzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8436-6154)
- Antonio Ventriglio
Institutions
- University of Foggia (IT)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod (FR)
- Universidad Nacional de Asunción (PY)
- Hologic (Germany) (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Substance Use & Misuse
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2025.2564187
- Primary Topic
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00