Victims, bullies and bully–victims: prevalence and association with negative health outcomes from a cross-sectional study in São Paulo, Brazil

Loch, Ana Paula; Astolfi, Roberta; Leite, Maria Alvim; Papa, Cassio Henrique Gomide; Ryngelblum, Marcelo; Eisner, Manuel; Peres, Maria Fernanda Tourinho

doi:10.1007/s00038-020-01481-5

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“…Regarding the substance abuse, and in particular alcohol abuse, in the meta-analysis of Vrijen et al [ 32 ], it was pointed out that the bullying perpetration in childhood was positively associated with alcohol use. Furthermore, Loch et al [ 33 ] stressed that bullies were more likely to consume alcohol and to be involved in binge drinking. In the COMPASS study of Williams et al [ 34 ], it was noticed that being a bully at baseline, in the studied student population, was associated with an increase of odds for initiating binge drinking in future.…”

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Participation in Bullying and Associated Health Characteristics, Risk Factors and Leisure Activities: A Profile of School-Age Children in Serbia

Milićević

Stevanović

Popovac

et al. 2022

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The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and association of school-age children’s participation in bullying, focusing on their health characteristics, risk factors, and leisure activities. We performed a secondary analysis of the original data of the 2017 HBSC study to examine participation in bullying once and multiple times among school-age children in Serbia. For this purpose, a nationally representative sample of 3267 children from 64 primary and high schools in the Republic of Serbia was evaluated. The outcome variable of interest in our study was participation in bullying. Further groups of individual variables such as health characteristics, risk factors, and leisure activities were assessed. Multivariate regression analysis indicated that children who felt everyday stomach pain, irritability or bad mood, and nervousness were more likely to participate in bullying at least once compared with those who rarely or never had such symptoms by 1.46, 1.58, and 1.58 times, respectively. School-age children who reported being drunk two to three times, and four or more times in life were more likely to participate in bullying than those who reported never being drunk by 1.53 and 1.74 times, respectively. Children who reported to watch TV or other media for five or more hours per day were 2.34 times more likely to be involved in bullying at least once. Multiple regression analysis showed that students with daily stomach pain, back pain, nervousness, and dizziness were more likely to be involved in multiple bullying by 1.16, 1.62, 1.82, and 1.70 times, respectively. Students who had nightly meetings or reported being drunk four or more times in the last 30 days were more likely to be involved in multiple bullying by 2.54 and 3.47, respectively. Students who reported playing games five or more times per day were 2.70 times more likely to be involved in this multiple bullying. This study highlights the importance of professional and family education programmes for early identification of specific health symptoms in the pediatric population, as well as integration with interventions aimed at reducing alcohol abuse among school-age children.

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Participation in Bullying and Associated Health Characteristics, Risk Factors and Leisure Activities: A Profile of School-Age Children in Serbia

Milićević

Stevanović

Popovac

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“…Bullying was measured using a 10-item scale (Alsaker, 2012; Murray et al, 2019) with five questions about victimization (Cronbach’s a: 0.70. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA): Loadings: 0.43–0.47; v2 = 36.206 (4df); p < 0.001; RMSEA = 0.05; CFI: 0.987) and five about perpetration (Cronbach’s a: 0.71; CFA: Loadings: 0.36–0.67; v2 = 30.779 (4df); p \0.001; RMSEA = 0.05; CFI:0,988) (Loch et al, 2020). Adolescents self-reported the frequency of bullying victimization in the last 12 months through five questions regarding specific types of victimization, following the general question: since August 2016, how often have you (1) been ignored or excluded on purpose since (2) been made fun of or called names (3) been punched, kicked, bitten or had your hair pulled 4) had some of your belongings taken, broken or hidden (4) been sexually harassed.…”

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Association between Community Violence, Disorder and School Environment with Bullying among School Adolescents in Sao Paulo – Brazil

Azeredo

Marques

Okada

et al. 2022

J Interpers Violence

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The role of contextual-level factors in bullying is still not clear, and evidence is mostly from high-income countries. Our objective was to investigate the association between community violence, disorder, school environment and bullying among school adolescents. We used data from a representative sample of 9th grade Brazilian adolescents ( n = 2108) from the Sao Paulo Project for the social development of children and adolescents (SP - PROSO). Multilevel logistic regression models stratified by sex were used to assess the association between variables at student and school/neighbourhood level and bullying victimization or perpetration. For both sexes, we found that adolescents who perceived high violence between students and high school disorder were more likely to be bullies and victims. Boys who perceived high community violence and disorder in their neighbourhood were more likely to be bullies (OR3tertile = 2.73 CI95%: 1.57–4.74). Girls attending schools where the principal reported high community violence and disorder in the neighbourhood (ORhigh = 10.24 CI95%: 2.11–49.59) and inside the school (ORhigh = 6.83 CI95%: 1.48–31.56) were more likely to be bullies. Boys from schools whose principal perceived violence between students were less likely to be victims (ORhigh = 0.35 CI95%: 0.16–0.78) and bullies (ORhigh = 0.21 CI95%: 0.07–0.64). Girls attending schools with signs or posters about tolerance/gender equality and about violence were less (OR = 0.12 CI95%: 0.03–0.50) and more likely (OR = 25.88 CI95%: 4.28–156.63) to report being bullies, respectively. Community violence, disorder and school environment were associated with bullying victimization and perpetration among adolescents. Sex-specific associations should be further investigated. Prevention and management of school violence in adolescence should consider contextual-level characteristics.

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“…The prevalence of bullying victimization in adolescents from low- and middle-income countries is 35.9% (Smith et al, 2021), suggesting that the number of bullies and adolescents who witness bullying should be even higher. However, in Brazil, bullying perpetration prevalence is lower, with a 7.2% prevalence of victimization and 20.8% perpetration of bullying found in 2012 (Malta et al, 2014), and a 18.3% prevalence of victimization and 4.9% perpetration of bullying in a population-based study conducted with a representative sample of ( n = 2,680) schoolchildren in the city of São Paulo, Brazil (Loch et al, 2020).…”

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Clustering of Obesogenic Behaviors Associated With Bullying Roles Among 100,794 Adolescents

Matias

Bacil

Viero

et al. 2022

J Interpers Violence

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Obesogenic behaviors have been individually associated with bullying during adolescence. However, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and diet manifest themselves in synergy and even behavioral profiles in which positive and negative behaviors coexist can be more positively associated with psychosocial outcomes. The present study aimed to analyze the association between clusters of obesogenic behaviors and different bullying roles in Brazilian adolescents. This cross-sectional study used data from the Brazilian School-based Health Survey—PENSE, 2015. A total of 100,794 male and female adolescents of the ninth-grade elementary school participated in the study. Students responded to an electronic questionnaire. Clusters of obesogenic behavior consisted of physical activity, exposure to sedentary behavior, and diet, and the different roles in bullying were: participant, victim, bully, and bully–victim. Binary logistic regression with 95% confidence intervals (CI) was used for data analysis ( p < .05). Multiple adjustments and complex sampling procedures were employed. Adolescents in the cluster “Health-promoting sedentary behavior and Diet” had reduced chances of participating in bullying (odds ration [OR] = 0.70; 95% CI [0.64, 0.76]), of being a victim (OR = 0.87; 95% CI = 0.76–0.99), and being the bully (OR = 0.65; 95% CI [0.59, 0.71]); and those from the cluster “Health-promoting physical activity and Diet” had reduced chances of participating (OR = 0.81; 95% CI [0.76, 0.87]), being a victim of bullying (OR = 0.86; 95% CI [0.76, 0.98]), being the bully (OR = 0.79; 95% CI [0.72, 0.85]), and being a bully–victim (OR = 0.74; 95% CI [0.61, 0.90]), when compared to those from the “health-risk” cluster in the adjusted analysis. Clusters of obesogenic behavior may reduce adolescent bullying: victim, bully, and bully–victim benefit when exposed to healthier behavioral profiles. The school setting must recognize bullying as a problem and therefore simultaneously promote multi-component interventions to tackle physical activity, sedentary behavior, and eating behavior. Outcomes other than obesity should be acknowledged when promoting obesogenic behaviors.

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Victims, bullies and bully–victims: prevalence and association with negative health outcomes from a cross-sectional study in São Paulo, Brazil

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References 43 publications

Participation in Bullying and Associated Health Characteristics, Risk Factors and Leisure Activities: A Profile of School-Age Children in Serbia

Participation in Bullying and Associated Health Characteristics, Risk Factors and Leisure Activities: A Profile of School-Age Children in Serbia

Association between Community Violence, Disorder and School Environment with Bullying among School Adolescents in Sao Paulo – Brazil

Clustering of Obesogenic Behaviors Associated With Bullying Roles Among 100,794 Adolescents

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