TY - JOUR
T1 - A cross-national profile of bullying and victimization among adolescents in 40 countries
AU - Craig, Wendy
AU - Harel-Fisch, Yossi
AU - Fogel-Grinvald, Haya
AU - Dostaler, Suzanne
AU - Hetland, Jorn
AU - Simons-Morton, Bruce
AU - Molcho, Michal
AU - de Matos, Margarida Gaspar
AU - Overpeck, Mary
AU - Due, Pernille
AU - Pickett, William
AU - Mazur, Joanna
AU - Favresse, Damien
AU - Leveque, Alain
AU - Pickett, Will
AU - Aasvee, Katrin
AU - Varnai, Dora
AU - Harel, Yossi
AU - Korn, Liat
AU - Villerusa, Anita
AU - Ramos Valverde, Pilar
AU - Scheidt, Peter
AU - Boyce, Will
AU - Holstein, Bjorn
AU - Vollebergh, Wilma
AU - Samdal, Oddrun
AU - van der Sluijs, Winfried
AU - Katreniakova, Zuzana
AU - Nansel, Tonja
N1 - Funding Information:
HBSC is an international study carried out in collaboration with WHO/EURO. The international coordinator of the 2001–2002 and 2005–2006 study was Candace Currie, University of Edinburgh, Scotland; and the data bank manager was Oddrun Samdal, University of Bergen, Norway. A complete list of the participating researchers can be found on the HBSC website (www.HBSC.org). This research was supported in part by the intramural program of the NICHD (Contract # N01-HD-5-3401).
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Objectives: (1) To compare the prevalence of bullying and victimization among boys and girls and by age in 40 countries. (2) In 6 countries, to compare rates of direct physical, direct verbal, and indirect bullying by gender, age, and country. Methods: Cross-sectional self-report surveys including items on bullying and being bullied were obtained from nationally representative samples of 11, 13 and 15 year old school children in 40 countries, N = 202,056. Six countries (N = 29,127 students) included questions about specific types of bullying (e. g., direct physical, direct verbal, indirect). Results: Exposure to bullying varied across countries, with estimates ranging from 8.6% to 45.2% among boys, and from 4.8% to 35.8% among girls. Adolescents in Baltic countries reported higher rates of bullying and victimization, whereas northern European countries reported the lowest prevalence. Boys reported higher rates of bullying in all countries. Rates of victimization were higher for girls in 29 of 40 countries. Rates of victimization decreased by age in 30 of 40 (boys) and 25 of 39 (girls) countries. Conclusion: There are lessons to be learned from the current research conducted in countries where the prevalence is low that could be adapted for use in countries with higher prevalence.
AB - Objectives: (1) To compare the prevalence of bullying and victimization among boys and girls and by age in 40 countries. (2) In 6 countries, to compare rates of direct physical, direct verbal, and indirect bullying by gender, age, and country. Methods: Cross-sectional self-report surveys including items on bullying and being bullied were obtained from nationally representative samples of 11, 13 and 15 year old school children in 40 countries, N = 202,056. Six countries (N = 29,127 students) included questions about specific types of bullying (e. g., direct physical, direct verbal, indirect). Results: Exposure to bullying varied across countries, with estimates ranging from 8.6% to 45.2% among boys, and from 4.8% to 35.8% among girls. Adolescents in Baltic countries reported higher rates of bullying and victimization, whereas northern European countries reported the lowest prevalence. Boys reported higher rates of bullying in all countries. Rates of victimization were higher for girls in 29 of 40 countries. Rates of victimization decreased by age in 30 of 40 (boys) and 25 of 39 (girls) countries. Conclusion: There are lessons to be learned from the current research conducted in countries where the prevalence is low that could be adapted for use in countries with higher prevalence.
KW - Bullying
KW - Country comparison
KW - Prevalence rates
KW - Victimization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=69249212303&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00038-009-5413-9
DO - 10.1007/s00038-009-5413-9
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C2 - 19623475
AN - SCOPUS:69249212303
SN - 1661-8556
VL - 54
SP - S216-S224
JO - International Journal of Public Health
JF - International Journal of Public Health
IS - SUPPL. 2
ER -