Cross-national time trends in bullying victimization in 33 countries among children aged 11, 13 and 15 from 2002 to 2010

Chester, Kayleigh; Callaghan, Mary; Cosma, Alina; Donnelly, Peter; Craig, Wendy; Walsh, Sophie D.; Molcho, Michal

doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckv029

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“…Our results are in line with cross-national comparisons presented for bullying and also for fighting (14,24). In contrast with the study of Chester et al (14), the methodology of our study covers a wider period of the two decades from 1994 to 2014.…”

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confidence: 89%

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National Time Trends in Bullying among Adolescents in the Czech Republic from 1994 to 2014.

Sarková¹,

Sigmundová²,

Kalman³

2017

Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARYObjective: Bullying in school is a public health concern which continues to be a serious threat to physical and emotional health of children and adolescents. The purpose of this study is to examine trends in bullying behaviour among school-aged children in the Czech Republic.Methods: Data were obtained from cross-sectional self-report surveys in the years 1994-2014 as a part of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study (HBSC) from a representative sample of 11-, 13-, and 15-year olds.Results: The highest proportion of children who bullied others (20-47%) occurred during the years 1994 and 1998. The logistic regression models showed significant decreasing trends in bullying others and also in being bullied, regardless of age and gender.Conclusion: The decreasing trend in bullying may be the consequence of a preventive policy in the Czech Republic, but also a change in the understanding of the concept of bullying in society.

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“…The study by Chester et al (14) showed significant decreasing trends in occasional and chronic victimization between 2001/02 and 2009/10 across both genders in a third of the participating countries. On the contrary, Belgium and Finland reported significant increasing trends for both occasional and chronic victimization.…”

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National Time Trends in Bullying among Adolescents in the Czech Republic from 1994 to 2014.

Sarková¹,

Sigmundová²,

Kalman³

2017

Cent Eur J Public Health

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“…In an international comparison, Sweden has low rates of bullying (Chester et al, 2015;Craig et al, 2009), and the large-scale data made the analyses possible. However, the study also has some limitations.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although surveys with students indicate that the occurrence of bullying has decreased over time in several countries (Chester et al, 2015;Molcho et al, 2009), it continues to be a grave problem, typically having severe consequences for the individual. In an international perspective, Sweden has very low rates of bullying among students (Chester et al, 2015;Craig et al, 2009). Even so, bullying is a significant problem in Sweden, just as in other countries.…”

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School climate and exposure to bullying: a multilevel study

Låftman

Östberg

Modin

2016

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

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This study investigates associations between aspects of school climate, measured by students' assessments aggregated to the class level, and exposure to bullying, measured at the individual level. The data were derived from the Stockholm School Survey of 2006-2010 with information from 16,418 ninth-grade students (aged 15-16 years) distributed over 871 classes and 259 schools. Three-level binary logistic regression was applied. Two of the studied school climate aspects in particular were linked with the occurrence of bullying: In classes where a high proportion of students claimed to be aware of the school rules and in classes where a high proportion of students stated that adults intervene against bullying, fewer students reported having been bullied. The findings imply that striving toward a school climate characterized by transparent rules and clear disapproval of harassments may help to reduce bullying. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Between 2002 and 2010, not only alcohol use, but also the use of tobacco and cannabis declined (Hublet et al, 2015;ter Bogt et al, 2014). Furthermore, young people report healthier eating habits (Vereecken et al, 2015), engage more often in physical activity (Kalman et al, 2015), have fewer injuries (Molcho, Walsh, Donnelly, Gaspar de Matos, & Pickett, 2015), are less likely to be bullied (Chester et al, 2015), more often use contraception when sexually active (Ramiro et al, 2015), and rate their health as 'excellent' more often (Cavallo et al, 2015).…”

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Trends in adolescent alcohol use in the Netherlands, 1992–2015: Differences across sociodemographic groups and links with strict parental rule-setting

Looze

Dorsselaer

Monshouwer

et al. 2017

International Journal of Drug Policy

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A B S T R A C TBackground: From an international perspective, studying trends in adolescent alcohol use in the Netherlands is an important case study. Whereas Dutch adolescents topped the international rankings of alcohol consumption in the beginning of this century, they are nowadays found more toward the bottom of these rankings. This study examines time trends in adolescent alcohol use between 1992 and 2015, and tests whether these trends differ according to gender, age group, and educational track. Moreover, it examines to what extent the strictness of parental rule-setting can explain the identified trends. Methods: Using data from ten waves of two nationally representative studies with a repeated crosssectional design, trends were examined for eight different alcohol measures. Interaction analyses were conducted to test for subgroup differences. All analyses were controlled for educational track, family structure, and ethnicity. For the period 2007-2015, trends in parental alcohol-specific rule-setting were included as a predictor of the trends in adolescent alcohol use. Results: Adolescent alcohol use increased substantially between 1992 and 2003, and decreased sharply thereafter. Trends were stronger for 12-to 15-year olds, compared to the 16-year olds, and for adolescents attending higher educational tracks, compared to adolescents attending lower educational tracks. Overall, gender differences remained constant over time. Between 2007 and 2015, strict parental alcoholspecific rule-setting increased substantially, and this (partly) explained the strong decline in adolescent alcohol use during this period. Conclusion: This study shows clear time trend changes in alcohol use among Dutch adolescents. The phenomenal decrease in adolescent alcohol use since 2003 appears to be closely related to a radical change in parenting behaviours surrounding the alcohol use of their children. While national prevention programs may have encouraged stricter parenting behaviours, the decline in alcohol use should be interpreted in a broader context of internationally changing sociocultural norms regarding adolescent alcohol use.

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Cross-national time trends in bullying victimization in 33 countries among children aged 11, 13 and 15 from 2002 to 2010

Abstract: Overall, while still common in many countries, bullying victimization is decreasing. The differences between countries highlight the need to further investigate measures undertaken in countries demonstrating a downward trend.

Cited by 204 publications

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National Time Trends in Bullying among Adolescents in the Czech Republic from 1994 to 2014.

National Time Trends in Bullying among Adolescents in the Czech Republic from 1994 to 2014.

School climate and exposure to bullying: a multilevel study

Trends in adolescent alcohol use in the Netherlands, 1992–2015: Differences across sociodemographic groups and links with strict parental rule-setting

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