Rural Elementary Students', Parents', and Teachers' Perceptions of Bullying

Stockdale, Margaret S.; Hangaduambo, Saidou; Duys, David K.; Larson, Kristina; Sarvela, Paul D.

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“…15 The few studies conducted with parents often assess family factors, such as attachment style or authoritative parenting approaches, [16][17][18] or assess parents as informants reporting on their child's experiences of bullying. 19,20 A recent qualitative study attempting to address this gap in the literature found that many parents are unclear about the definition of bullying, and that this affects their likelihood of recognizing bullying behaviors in youth. 15 Nevertheless, several general surveys suggest that parents rate bullying as one of their main health concerns for their child, among other risk behaviors such as drug use and underage drinking.…”

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Parental Concerns about Weight-Based Victimization in Youth

Puhl

Luedicke²,

DePierre³

2013

Childhood Obesity

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Background: The present study aimed to assess parental perceptions of weight-based victimization (WBV) and its consequences for children's health as well as how perceptions of WBV vary by parental and child weight status.Methods: A national sample of American parents with children ages 2-18 years (N = 918) completed an online questionnaire to assess their perceptions of how common WBV is, compared to other forms of victimization among youth, their level of concern with this issue both generally and for their own child, and their perceptions of behavioral and psychological consequences of WBV. Descriptive statistics and censored regression models with standardized coefficients were used to analyze the data.Results: Fifty-three percent of parents perceived ''being overweight'' to be the most common reason that youth are bullied, regardless of parental or child weight status. Parents, both with and without overweight children, endorsed similar levels of general concern about WBV and its psychological and behavioral consequences for youth. However, parents with overweight children were substantially more concerned about WBV affecting their child(ren) and perceived it to be more common, serious, and posed risks to their child(ren)'s health, compared to parents without overweight children.Conclusions: The present study, to the best of the authors' knowledge, is the first to indicate that parents have substantial concerns about WBV and its health consequences for youth. These findings highlight the need for educators and pediatric healthcare providers to be aware that WBV is a common concern among families, and suggest that increased efforts are needed to address WBV.

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Parental Concerns about Weight-Based Victimization in Youth

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Luedicke²,

DePierre³

2013

Childhood Obesity

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“…Espelage et al 6 and Stockdale et al 7 found that the level of bullying correlates positively with the level of anger. Furthermore, among male school students, perpetration (not victimization) is strongly associated with a poor health-related quality of life and lower scores for all domains of life satisfaction.…”

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Anger, Interpersonal Relationships, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Bullying Boys Who Are Treated With Outpatient Family Therapy: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Trial With 1 Year of Follow-up

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ABSTRACT.Objective. Ten to 30% of students engage in bullying behavior. Bullies stand out on account of increased anger, poor interpersonal relationships, and poor quality of life. Our aim was to determine the effectiveness of outpatient family psychotherapy as a monotherapy for anger reduction and improvement of behavior and interpersonal relationships and of health-related quality of life in male youths with bullying behavior.Methods. Twenty-two boys with bullying behavior took part in a family therapy program for 6 months. The control group was also composed of 22 youths and took part in a placebo intervention program. Every 2 weeks, results were checked with the Adolescents Risky-Behavior Scale (ARBS), the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI), the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP-D), and the SF-36 Health Survey (SF-36). Follow-up testing took place 12 months after treatment.Results. In comparison with the control group (according to the intention-to-treat principle), bullying behavior was reduced (family therapy group: from n ‫؍‬ 22 to n ‫؍‬ 6; control group: from n ‫؍‬ 22 to n ‫؍‬ 20). Significant changes on all ARBS scales and on the STAXI scales State-Anger, Trait-Anger, Anger-Out, and Anger-Control were observed after 6 months. In the IIP-D, significant differences were found on the scales for overly autocratic, overly competitive, overly introverted, overly expressive, and exploitable/compliant. In the SF-36, significant differences were observed in general health perceptions, vitality, social functioning, role-emotional, and mental health. The reduction in expression of anger correlated with a reduction in several scales of the ARBS, IIP-D, and SF-36. Follow-up after 1 year showed relatively stable, lasting treatment effects.Conclusion. The results of this study show that outpatient family therapy seems to be an effective method of reducing anger and improving interpersonal relationships and health-related quality of life in male youths with bullying behavior. Pediatrics 2005;116:e247-e254. URL: www.pediatrics.org/cgi

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“…Compared with the control group, the BSFT group experienced a significant increase in morning salivary cortisol level. Compared with the test norms (33), both groups showed increased STAXI scores on initial testing (see also 8,18). The BSFT group experienced a significantly greater change than the control group on 4 STAXI subscales: State-Anger, Trait-Anger, Anger-Out and Anger-Control.…”

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Influence of Family Therapy on Bullying Behaviour, Cortisol Secretion, Anger, and Quality of Life in Bullying Male Adolescents: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Study

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Objective:To determine the influence of brief strategic family therapy (BSFT) on salivary cortisol, anger, and health-related quality of life (QoL) in adolescent boys with bullying behaviour. Method:We selected a sample of 72 boys demonstrating bullying behaviour from the general population and treated 36 with BSFT for 12 weeks. The other 36 boys formed the control group. Primary outcome measures were salivary cortisol concentration 15 to 30 minutes after awakening and changes on the subscales of the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) and the Health Survey (SF-36). Results:After 12 weeks' treatment, we observed a significant reduction in bullying behaviour in the BSFT group (P = 0.017) and in the mean values (according to the intent-to-treat principle) for salivary cortisol concentration (P < 0.001). The BSFT group also showed significantly greater change on the STAXI subscales State-Anger (P < 0.001), Trait-Anger (P < 0.001), Anger-Out (P < 0.001), and Anger-Control (P < 0.001). Treatment with BSFT also resulted in significant improvement on the SF-36 subscales for Vitality (P < 0.001), Social Functioning (P < 0.001), Role-Emotional (P < 0.001), and Mental Health (P < 0.001).Conclusions: BSFT effectively influenced bullying behaviour, salivary cortisol concentration, anger, and health-related QoL in adolescent bullying boys. (Can J Psychiatry 2006;51:355-362) Information on funding and support and author affiliations appears at the end of the article. Clinical Implication· BSFT effectively reduces bullying behaviour, salivary cortisol level, and anger and improves health-related quality of life in bullying male adolescents. Limitations· The sample size was relatively small. · The sample consisted only of male adolescents. · Observance of the guidelines for sampling saliva was not checked.

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Rural Elementary Students', Parents', and Teachers' Perceptions of Bullying

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Parental Concerns about Weight-Based Victimization in Youth

Parental Concerns about Weight-Based Victimization in Youth

Anger, Interpersonal Relationships, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Bullying Boys Who Are Treated With Outpatient Family Therapy: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Trial With 1 Year of Follow-up

Influence of Family Therapy on Bullying Behaviour, Cortisol Secretion, Anger, and Quality of Life in Bullying Male Adolescents: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Study

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