Bullying in adolescence: Psychiatric problems in victims and bullies as measured by the Youth Self Report (YSR) and the Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS)

Abstract

Adolescents in junior high school (n 0/237), completed a questionnaire on bullying as it relates to victim and to perpetrator status, suicidality and biographical data. Psychological symptoms were assessed by the Youth Self Report (YSR) and the Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS) supplemented by school health officers blind assessments. Bullying was common: bully only (18%), victim only (10%) and victim and bully (9%). Bullies had mainly externalizing symptoms (delinquency and aggression) and those of the victim and bully group both externalizing and internalizing symptoms as well as high levels of suicidality. Adolescents in the bully only group were more likely to be boys and to have attention problems. Moreover, a substantial proportion of the adolescents in the victim only group were judged by school health officer to have psychiatric symptoms and to function socially less well.

Bullying victimisation, self harm and associated factors in Irish adolescent boys

“…As previous studies have reported, we found that boys who had been bullied at school were more anxious and depressed and had poorer self-esteem than those without a history of bullying victimisation (Analitis et al, 2009, Brunstein Klomek et al, 2007, Ivarsson et al, 2005.…”

“…Many studies have focused not only on the victim of bullying, but also on the bully, and have reported that bullies show higher levels of depression, anxiety, and self-harm (Ivarsson et al, 2005, Nansel et al, 2001, Seals and Young, 2003 than those who are not involved in bullying.…”

Associations Between Violence Related Behaviors And Self-reported Health Among Trakya University Students

“…'nın lise öğrencilerinde yaptığı çalışmada da, kavga etmek, yaralanmalı bir kavgada bulunmak, intihar girişiminde bulunmak ve güvenlik nedenleri ile okula gidememek, sağlığın kötü algılanması ile anlamlı düzeyde ilişkili bulunmuştur (24). Bu sonuçlar, şiddete maruz kalmanın adölesanların ve gençle-rin sağlık ve iyilik halini kimi zaman gözlenebilir şekilde, kimi zamanda dışarıdan gözlenemeyen düzeyde etkilediğini dü- Son 12 ay içinde 1 ya da daha fazla kez hastanede tedavi olmak zorunda kaldığı bir kavgada bulunmak 4 Son 30 gün içinde kendini güvende hissetmediği için 1 ya da daha fazla gün okula gitmemek 5 Son 12 ayda 1 ya da daha fazla kez girişimde bulunmak Tablo 1. Şiddet ile ilgili davranışların cinsiyete göre ağırlıklandırılmış sıklıkları şündürmektedir.…”

“…Evde ve toplumda şiddete ve haksızlığa uğramak saldırgan davranışların ortaya çıkmasına, kendine güvenin azalmasına, depresyona, madde kullanımına, intihara, kendi sağlığını kötü algılamaya yol açmaktadır (4)(5)(6)(7)(8). Algılanan sağlık ve iyilik hali kimi riskli sağlık davranışları ile bireysel ve toplumsal faktörlerle ve stresörlerle ilişkilidir.…”

Effect of Self-Esteem on the Relationship between Depression and Bullying among Teenagers in Malaysia

“…Twemlow and Fonagy (2005) provided further evidence for the impact of adult role models (both parents and teachers) on children's behavior. Available literatures have equally found that a significant number of teenage boys was involved in bullying in comparison to their female counterparts (Goldbaum, Craig, Pepler, & Connolly 2007;Ivarsson, Broberg, Arvidsson, & Gillberg, 2005). However, earlier studies have confirmed that physical bullying declines with age.…”