Self-reported harm of adolescent peer aggression in three world regions

Skrzypiec, Grace; Alinsug, Earvin; Nasiruddin, Ulil Amri; Andreou, Eleni; Brighi, Antonella; Didaskalou, Eleni; Guarini, Annalisa; Kang, Soon-Won; Κaur, Kirandeep; Kwon, Soon-Jung; Ortega-Ruíz, Rosario; Romera, Eva M.; Roussi-Vergou, Christina; Sandhu, Damanjit; Sikorska, Iwona; Wyra, Mirella; Yang, Chih-Chien

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.07.030

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“…The findings from the present study confirm that school bullying is a frequent aspect of Italian students' lives, with approximately one in two reporting being bullied and over one in ten reporting that they were seriously bullied. The incidence of severely bullied students was in line with other international reports [3], while the incidence of victimization was higher in our study than in other studies [2,43,44]. This result can be explained by the fact that we have decided to include all those students who reported having suffered at least two episodes of bullying in the last two months as occasional victims, using a broad criterion to include all the victimized students.…”

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The P.E.A.C.E. Pack Program in Italian High Schools: An Intervention for Victims of Bullying

Guarini

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Menin

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Background: Bullying is a serious public issue, which mainly occurs in school with negative consequences for the students involved as victims. Very few teacher-delivered interventions have shown positive changes in the victims. The present study aimed at implementing the P.E.A.C.E. (Preparation, Education. Action, Coping, Evaluation) pack program, developed in Australia, in Italian high schools. Method: The effectiveness of the program was analyzed through an observational study (pre/post-intervention), involving 551 Italian high school students who completed a questionnaire on bullying victimization, self-efficacy, and bystander behavior. The students were divided into three groups (not involved students, occasional and severe victims) according to their self-reported victimization in the pre-intervention. Results: After the intervention, severe victims (victimized once/week or more often) showed a significant decrease in victimization and higher scores in self-efficacy, while an increase in victimization was observed in the not involved students. As reported by all the groups after the intervention, classmates were perceived more likely to intervene when a bullying episode occurred. By contrast, occasional and severe victims perceived their teachers as less likely to intervene. Conclusions: The P.E.A.C.E. pack is a promising program confirming in Italian schools the effectiveness already shown in other countries. This program is very useful for severe victims, supporting their self-confidence with a decrease in the frequency of aggressive episodes.

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The P.E.A.C.E. Pack Program in Italian High Schools: An Intervention for Victims of Bullying

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“…On the other hand, our data were based on a rich dataset that enabled the assessment of different aspects, not only of social support but of psychosomatic symptoms as well. Additionally, it should be noted that in our study, bullying perpetration was measured through questions, which were preceded by the definition of bullying [59], but such aggression behavior experiences that were outside the scope of the bullying definition could also have been harmful [75]. Therefore, it should be taken under consideration that HBSC bullying perpetration definition has not yet been validated as a direct measure of bullying, despite its wide usage in empirical studies across multiple countries.…”

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The Role of School-Related Well-Being for Adolescent Subjective Health Complaints

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Šmigelskas

2019

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Background: This study aimed to explore the prevalence of chronic specific-site and multisite pain in adolescents and to investigate how it can possibly be determined by school-related factors. Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014 in Lithuania as a Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey. The sample consisted of 5730 school children, aged 11, 13, and 15 years. The analyzed data focused on the school-related context (relations with family, peers, and teachers; school demand, satisfaction, and bullying) of adolescents and subjective health complaints. The relationships between social support and health complaint variables were estimated using multivariate analyses. Results: The most common subjective health complaint among respondents was a headache. Backache, headache, and stomachache were more common among girls than boys. All somatic complaints were expressed more in younger ages. Multisite complaints were more common among girls and were associated with age—older ones reported more complaints. School-related bullying, school demand, satisfaction, and social support were the most relevant and independent factors for multisite somatic complaints among adolescents.

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“…Firstly, there is a discrepancy between the included studies on study design, definition of constructs (e.g., peer victimization vs. bullying), and measures for clinical assessment. Based on the definition of constructs, many studies referred indistinctly to bullying and peer victimization, in contradiction with the recent literature [4] that distinguishes the two constructs based on the asymmetric power present in the relationship between bully and victim. This did not allow a quantitative analysis of the results.…”

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“…The most severe manifestation of peer victimization is bullying, characterized by an asymmetric power relationship between bully and victim, which may be physical or psychological [4]. Another recent form of victimization is cyberbullying, which the aggressions is entirely online and using electronic media [5].…”

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Peer Victimization and Onset of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents

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Background: In the literature, several studies have proposed that children and adolescents with social anxiety had experienced previously victimization from peers and siblings. The aim of this review was to contribute to the updating of recent findings about the relationship between peer victimization and onset of social anxiety in children and adolescents. Methods: A selective review of literature published between 2011 and 2018 on Social Anxiety Disorder in children and adolescents that experienced peer victimization during childhood and adolescence. Results: Seventeen studies are included. All studies showed that peer victimization is positively correlated to the presence of social anxiety. Moreover, the perpetration of peer victimization may contribute to the maintenance and the exacerbation of social anxiety symptoms. Conclusions: In children and adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder, it is necessary to evaluate firstly the presence of peer victimization experiences. Subsequently, therapeutics programs targeted to elaborate these experiences and to reduce the anticipatory anxiety and the avoidance that characterized these children and adolescents can be proposed.

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Self-reported harm of adolescent peer aggression in three world regions

Cited by 25 publications

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The P.E.A.C.E. Pack Program in Italian High Schools: An Intervention for Victims of Bullying

The P.E.A.C.E. Pack Program in Italian High Schools: An Intervention for Victims of Bullying

The Role of School-Related Well-Being for Adolescent Subjective Health Complaints

Peer Victimization and Onset of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents

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