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Factors associated with the persistence of bullying victimization from 10th grade to 13th grade: a longitudinal study

Lien, Lars; Welander-Vatn, Audun
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Date
2013
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Lien, L. & Welander-Vatn, A. (2013). Factors associated with the persistence of bullying victimization from 10th grade to 13th grade: a longitudinal study. Clinical practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 9, 243-250. doi: 10.2174/1745017901309010243.   10.2174/1745017901309010243
Abstract
Abstract: Background: Bullying among adolescents represents a major public health challenge. The aim of this study

was to map the stability of bullying victimization across the transitional phase from lower to upper secondary school, and

to describe the sociodemographic, academic and health-related characteristics of those bullied during the transition.

Method: 3674 Norwegian adolescents were followed longitudinally from the age of 15/16 until the age of 18/19, answering

questionnaires about health, academic achievements, life events, lifestyle and sociodemography. The 337 participants

reporting exposure to bullying victimization at age 15/16 were the target group, as we made comparisons between those

reporting victimization only at the age of 15/16 (n=289) with the participants for whom the bullying had continued into

later adolescence (n = 48).

Results: 14% of those victimized at age 15/16, reported continuation of bullying victimization into upper secondary

school. These adolescents were significantly more likely to report having divorced parents, low parental educational level,

poor self-perceived economy, muscle and skeletal pain, symptoms of mental distress, lower school marks in Norwegian

and higher body-mass index (BMI) when group differences at age 18/19 were assessed through basic inferential statistical

tests. However, the multivariate logistic regression analyses only revealed statistically significantly increased adjusted

odds ratios for the variables mental distress and school-marks in Norwegian.

Conclusion: The persistence of exposure to bullying from 10th grade to 13th grade is associated with mental health complaints

and poor school performance. Preventive measures to take care of students being continuously bullied should be in

place in secondary schools.
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Vitenskapelig, fagfellevurdert artikkel
Publisher
Bentham Open
Journal
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

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