Abstract

This study explored discriminatory bullying among military-connected students (n = 14,512) attending secondary public schools. Compared to respondents with no military connection, participants with a parent in the military reported higher rates of discrimination based on race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and physical/mental disability. Increasing number of deployments in the past 10 years was associated with increased likelihood of discrimination in all the models. The findings provide evidence that military-connected students feel bullied and discriminated against for a variety of reasons and that as the number of deployments increased, military-connected students’ reports of discriminatory bullying experiences increased as well.