Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskriftTidsskriftartikelfagfællebedømt

Standard

Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries. / Due, Pernille; Holstein, Bjørn E; Lynch, John; Diderichsen, Finn; Gabhain, Saoirse Nic; Scheidt, Peter; Currie, Candace; Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Bullying Working Group.

I: European Journal of Public Health, Bind 15, Nr. 2, 2005, s. 128-32.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskriftTidsskriftartikelfagfællebedømt

Harvard

Due, P, Holstein, BE, Lynch, J, Diderichsen, F, Gabhain, SN, Scheidt, P, Currie, C & Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Bullying Working Group 2005, 'Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries.', European Journal of Public Health, bind 15, nr. 2, s. 128-32. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cki105

APA

Due, P., Holstein, B. E., Lynch, J., Diderichsen, F., Gabhain, S. N., Scheidt, P., Currie, C., & Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Bullying Working Group (2005). Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries. European Journal of Public Health, 15(2), 128-32. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cki105

Vancouver

Due P, Holstein BE, Lynch J, Diderichsen F, Gabhain SN, Scheidt P o.a. Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries. European Journal of Public Health. 2005;15(2):128-32. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cki105

Author

Due, Pernille ; Holstein, Bjørn E ; Lynch, John ; Diderichsen, Finn ; Gabhain, Saoirse Nic ; Scheidt, Peter ; Currie, Candace ; Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Bullying Working Group. / Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries. I: European Journal of Public Health. 2005 ; Bind 15, Nr. 2. s. 128-32.

Bibtex

@article{081ec7a09b6511dd86a6000ea68e967b,
title = "Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries.",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: There have been no large-scale international comparisons on bullying and health among adolescents. This study examined the association between bullying and physical and psychological symptoms among adolescents in 28 countries. METHODS: This international cross-sectional survey included 123,227 students 11, 13 and 15 years of age from a nationally representative sample of schools in 28 countries in Europe and North America in 1997-98.The main outcome measures were physical and psychological symptoms. RESULTS: The proportion of students being bullied varied enormously across countries. The lowest prevalence was observed among girls in Sweden (6.3%, 95% CI: 5.2-7.4), the highest among boys in Lithuania (41.4%, 95% CI 39.4-43.5). The risk of high symptom load increased with increasing exposure to bullying in all countries. In pooled analyses, with sex stratified multilevel logistic models adjusted for age, family affluence and country the odds ratios for symptoms among students who were bullied weekly ranged from 1.83 (95% CI 1.70-1.97) to 2.11 (95% CI 1.95-2.29) for physical symptoms (headache, stomach ache, backache, dizziness) and from 1.67 (95% CI 1.55-1.78) to 7.47 (95% CI 6.87-8.13) for psychological symptoms (bad temper, feeling nervous, feeling low, difficulties in getting to sleep, morning tiredness, feeling left out, loneliness, helplessness). CONCLUSION: There was a consistent, strong and graded association between bullying and each of 12 physical and psychological symptoms among adolescents in all 28 countries.",
author = "Pernille Due and Holstein, {Bj{\o}rn E} and John Lynch and Finn Diderichsen and Gabhain, {Saoirse Nic} and Peter Scheidt and Candace Currie and {Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Bullying Working Group}",
note = "Keywords: Adolescent; Aggression; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data Collection; Female; Humans; Internationality; Male; Stress, Psychological",
year = "2005",
doi = "10.1093/eurpub/cki105",
language = "English",
volume = "15",
pages = "128--32",
journal = "European Journal of Public Health",
issn = "1101-1262",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "2",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries.

AU - Due, Pernille

AU - Holstein, Bjørn E

AU - Lynch, John

AU - Diderichsen, Finn

AU - Gabhain, Saoirse Nic

AU - Scheidt, Peter

AU - Currie, Candace

AU - Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Bullying Working Group

N1 - Keywords: Adolescent; Aggression; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data Collection; Female; Humans; Internationality; Male; Stress, Psychological

PY - 2005

Y1 - 2005

N2 - BACKGROUND: There have been no large-scale international comparisons on bullying and health among adolescents. This study examined the association between bullying and physical and psychological symptoms among adolescents in 28 countries. METHODS: This international cross-sectional survey included 123,227 students 11, 13 and 15 years of age from a nationally representative sample of schools in 28 countries in Europe and North America in 1997-98.The main outcome measures were physical and psychological symptoms. RESULTS: The proportion of students being bullied varied enormously across countries. The lowest prevalence was observed among girls in Sweden (6.3%, 95% CI: 5.2-7.4), the highest among boys in Lithuania (41.4%, 95% CI 39.4-43.5). The risk of high symptom load increased with increasing exposure to bullying in all countries. In pooled analyses, with sex stratified multilevel logistic models adjusted for age, family affluence and country the odds ratios for symptoms among students who were bullied weekly ranged from 1.83 (95% CI 1.70-1.97) to 2.11 (95% CI 1.95-2.29) for physical symptoms (headache, stomach ache, backache, dizziness) and from 1.67 (95% CI 1.55-1.78) to 7.47 (95% CI 6.87-8.13) for psychological symptoms (bad temper, feeling nervous, feeling low, difficulties in getting to sleep, morning tiredness, feeling left out, loneliness, helplessness). CONCLUSION: There was a consistent, strong and graded association between bullying and each of 12 physical and psychological symptoms among adolescents in all 28 countries.

AB - BACKGROUND: There have been no large-scale international comparisons on bullying and health among adolescents. This study examined the association between bullying and physical and psychological symptoms among adolescents in 28 countries. METHODS: This international cross-sectional survey included 123,227 students 11, 13 and 15 years of age from a nationally representative sample of schools in 28 countries in Europe and North America in 1997-98.The main outcome measures were physical and psychological symptoms. RESULTS: The proportion of students being bullied varied enormously across countries. The lowest prevalence was observed among girls in Sweden (6.3%, 95% CI: 5.2-7.4), the highest among boys in Lithuania (41.4%, 95% CI 39.4-43.5). The risk of high symptom load increased with increasing exposure to bullying in all countries. In pooled analyses, with sex stratified multilevel logistic models adjusted for age, family affluence and country the odds ratios for symptoms among students who were bullied weekly ranged from 1.83 (95% CI 1.70-1.97) to 2.11 (95% CI 1.95-2.29) for physical symptoms (headache, stomach ache, backache, dizziness) and from 1.67 (95% CI 1.55-1.78) to 7.47 (95% CI 6.87-8.13) for psychological symptoms (bad temper, feeling nervous, feeling low, difficulties in getting to sleep, morning tiredness, feeling left out, loneliness, helplessness). CONCLUSION: There was a consistent, strong and graded association between bullying and each of 12 physical and psychological symptoms among adolescents in all 28 countries.

U2 - 10.1093/eurpub/cki105

DO - 10.1093/eurpub/cki105

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 15755782

VL - 15

SP - 128

EP - 132

JO - European Journal of Public Health

JF - European Journal of Public Health

SN - 1101-1262

IS - 2

ER -

ID: 6628878