Bullying involvement, family background, school life, and well-being feelings among adolescents
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Bullying involvement, family background, school life, and well-being feelings among adolescents Naïr Silva-Rocha 1 & Sara Soares 1,2 & Sandra Brochado 1 & Sílvia Fraga 1,2 Received: 7 February 2019 / Accepted: 16 April 2019 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019
Abstract Aim Our aim is to assess the prevalence of bullying among middle and high school adolescents, describing the type of involvement (as victim-only, as aggressor-only, and as victim-aggressor) and tactics of aggression and victimization used by adolescents, as well as identifying social and behavioural factors and well-being related feelings. Subject and method The sample included 2623 adolescents (1186 boys and 1437 girls) enrolled in public schools of Porto, Portugal, from the 7th to 12th grade, during the 2014/2015 school year. Information was collected through self-administered and anonymous questionnaires assessing social and demographic characteristics, school life, emotional well-being, and bullying experiences. Results Results show that girls were more frequently victims of bullying compared to boys (15.1% vs 13.5%). However, boys tended to be more frequently involved as aggressor-only (11.3% and 5.9% for boys and girls respectively) and as victimaggressors (13.3% and 10.2% for boys and girls respectively). Boys reported more frequently the use of direct tactics, while girls reported the use of indirect tactics. Additionally adolescents involved in bullying were more likely to present negative wellbeing related feelings. Suicidal ideation was strongly associated with being involved in bullying as victim-aggressors, in girls (OR = 8.34; 95% CI: 5.03-–3.82) and in boys (OR = 8.05; 95% CI: 4.24–15.28). Conclusion Bullying is a common problem among school-going adolescents and it is related with negative well-being feelings. Efforts to prevent bullying should include schools, families and the community. Keywords Bullying . Adolescent . Prevalence . Well-being
Introduction Bullying is a serious and highly prevalent problem worldwide. It is estimated that more than one in three students aged 13 to 15 report bullying involvement (Fry et al. 2018). Bullying occurrence at school-age represents a serious threat to the well-being and healthy development of adolescents, as it has been associated with low school performance (Currie et al. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-019-01076-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Sílvia Fraga [email protected] 1
EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal
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Departamento de Ciências da Saúde Pública e Forenses e Educação Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
2012), relational problems (Smith et al. 2002), and suiciderelated behaviours (Arango et al. 2016). Bullying is an intentional aggressive and negative behaviour, repeated over time, that involves a power imbalanc
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