Bullying among middle school students: a cross sectional study (original) (raw)

Bullying among indian school going children a review

Education India: A Quarterly Refereed Journal of Dialogues on Education,, 2022

Bullying is an intentional and repeated action-oriented toward others to harm or make them feel low, and the victim is unable to defend themselves. The researcher is keen to know what Indian studies say about the prevalence of bullying in India, and how it affects the mental and physical health of students. For this researcher to review different papers, in which secondary sources are used and only those studies are taken which are conducted in India or organized abroad but talk about Indian scenarios and are available online. After reviewing these studies found that studies focused on the various aspects of bullying, in which they mainly talk about the concept, the prevalence, forms, causes, and the effect of bullying in the Indian scenario. Results show that the prevalence of bullying is very high in India, which is approximately 50-60%. Bullying has bad impacts on student health, studies also elaborated on the bullying cause and effect. studies also show the bad impact of this problem, which needs much attention and eradication as soon as possible.

Bullying victimization and its associated factors among adolescents in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India: a mixed-methods study

Wellcome Open Research

Background: Bullying victimization among adolescents is a serious concern as it leads to poor psycho-social adjustments in the future. Literature on bullying at schools in Kerala is limited. This study aimed to investigate the magnitude of bullying and the factors associated with it among adolescents. Methods: A sequential explanatory study design was used. A cross-sectional study among 764 adolescents (mean age 13.3 years, males 58.5%) selected through multistage cluster sampling was done. We used the Olweus Bully-Victim Questionnaire, Global School Health Survey, and Patient Health Questionnaire 9 for data collection. Binary logistic regression was performed to identify predictors of bullying victimization. After this, in-depth interviews were carried out among key stakeholders. Results: About 117 (15.3%) respondents reported being bullied at least twice a month. Verbal bullying was reported by 30% (n=229), physical bullying by 23.3% (n=178), sexual bullying by 11% (n=89) and cyb...

A Study of Bullying Prevalence Among Secondry School Students

2016

The present study investigated extent of bullying among secondary school students along with intervention of adults like teachers, parents, elders to prevent bullying and involvement of students in bullying. The researcher also made an attempt to study different forms of bullying and the extent of bullying among boys and girls. Sample selected was 444students in which 269 boys and 175 girls are included from secondary school students of SSC board from greater Mumbai. Tool used for present study personal data sheet, olweus bully victim questionnaire were used to collect data. It was found that 17-16 %girls and boys reported that they getting bullied and also reported that they don't have friends.32% girls and 34 %boys reported that they getting bullied for longer time duration and also found shorter period bullying is more in girls than boys. Surprisingly reporting of bullying to class teacher is shown more by boys than girls.

Bullying Among the Students of Secondary Public School of Kathmandu

https://www.ijrrjournal.com/IJRR\_Vol.9\_Issue.8\_Aug2022/IJRR-Abstract62.html, 2022

School bullying has been identified as a problematic behavior among adolescents, affecting school achievement, prosocial skills, and psychological well-being for both victims and perpetrators. The purpose of this study was to identify different ways of bullying among 77 students of public secondary school, in Kathmandu, Nepal. A descriptive, crosssectional study design was carried out to study bullying among students in grade nine. Semistructured questionnaire related to sociodemographic information and factors associated with bullying was used along with Olweus Bullying Questionnaire. The mean age of respondents was 15.5 years. Victims faced bullies like verbal, physical, social, relational, and cyber-related bullying. About 87% of respondents experienced verbal bullying. according to respondents the major reason for bullying was their physical weakness (84.4%).

A Study to Assess the Prevalence and Attitude of Bullying Behavior among School Children in Selected Schools at Bangalore

https://www.ijrrjournal.com/IJRR\_Vol.6\_Issue.12\_Dec2019/Abstract\_IJRR0014.html, 2019

A study was conducted to assess the prevalence and attitude of bullying behavior among school children in selected schools at Bangalore with an objective to assess the prevalence of bullying, attitude, and its association with selected socio demographic variables among school children in order develop instructional module in caring children. Methods Descriptive survey approach was used on 120 children of age group between 8 to 15 years selected school at Bangalore, using convenient sampling technique. A structured interview schedule and Likert scale was used to assess the prevalence and attitude. Results indicated that majority 66.7% had moderate prevalence rate of bullying, 31.7% had low level prevalence of bullying behavior and only 1.7% had high level prevalence of bullying behavior among school children. The assessment of attitude of school children revealed that majority 74.2% of school children had moderately favorable attitude; 25% of school children were having the favorable attitude and 8.3% of school children had unfavorable attitude regarding bullying behavior. There was a significant association between prevalence and attitude of bulling behavior scores and socio demographic variables. Conclusion: The study concluded that bullying is a common phenomenon amongst school going children. Health care professionals should be aware of this phenomenon so that they can diagnose the underlying cause of health impact and teacher should be aware to prevent and create a safe environment for students to enjoy coming to school. Hence forth a self instructional module were provided to create awareness among teachers regarding bulling behavior and its prevention

To study bullying profile among higher secondary schools of Kashmir and its relationship with socio-economic status of family

2018

No: 536 Abstract Presentation Type: Oral Presentation Introduction The problem of bullying in schools is one of the critical issues and is of national importance for every country around the world. Research points to an abundance of negative impacts on students involved in bullying and require the attention of adults to address and resolve bullying incidents between students. Bullying is neither a new concept nor a new word in the Indian Context. Bullying is a part of many cultures in India. Indian schools, has witnessed such bullying incidents and it is accepted as a common behavior of school students. Unfortunately, in India, parents and even teachers fail to understand the graveness of bullying. Bullying is quite prevalent in the schools across all socio-economic section and has different adverse effects on individual’s life. The important goal of this study is to study bullying in war torn Kashmir were it will be first kind of such study. Studying bullying and its prevalence amo...

Profile of Bullies and Victims Among Urban School - going Adolescent in Gujarat

Indian pediatrics, 2017

To assess the prevalence of bullying, identifying bullies, victims and their associations. Questionnaire having 'Peer Interaction in Primary Schools' and 'Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire' scales, and demographic information was administered to 7th, 8th and 9th graders (N=1106). Prevalence of bullying was 49%. Boys were more likely to be bullies (P=0.03), whereas students having less friends (P=0.001), overweight/obese (P=0.02), and boys (P<0.001) were more likely to be victims. Association between bullying behavior and poor academic performance was noted. We found high prevalence of bullying. The reasons for the same and scope of intervention needs further study.

A Systematic Review of Bullying and Victimization Among Adolescents in India

International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 2020

This study provides a systematic review of literature from India on traditional bullying and victimization among school-going adolescents. A search of bibliographic electronic databases PsycINFO, MEDLINE, ERIC, Web of Science, and PubMed was performed in May 2020. Thirty-seven studies were included in the review. For each study included, the following specifics were examined: (a) methodological characteristics, (b) prevalence estimates of bullying behavior, (c) forms of bullying, (d) risk factors, and (e) consequences of bullying. It was found that bullying happens in India, and some risk factors for bullying and victimization in India are typical to the Indian context. In addition, bullying in India is associated with adverse consequences for both the aggressor and the victim. Many studies on bullying from India should be interpreted cautiously because of problems with data collection processes, instrumentation, and presentation of the findings. Cross-cultural comparisons for preva...

School Bullying the Primary School

Bullying has long been researched in different communities and cultures and has proven to be a phenomenon that seriously endangers individuals and communities as well. Among its consequences are different psychosomatic symptoms, deteriorating study or work performance, depression, suicidal ideation, unhealthy social climate or acts of crime. The present study presents some of the findings of a research carried out in 24 schools of Hajdú-Bihar County in 2008. The 1006 large sample of 5th and 7th grade students (age 11 and 13) answered questions on their bullying-related experiences and attitudes. Data were collected in a questionnaire on types of bullying, prevalence, students’ mood, feeling of well-being and their social environment. Findings show that similarly to results of earlier research a large number of students are involved in bullying. In the sample the most common types are name-calling and ostracism, whereas beating and threatening are less frequent. Correlations with age, gender and academic performance show that the younger age-group is more involved in beating and spreading gossip, girls in relational bullying, and academically weaker students are most often involved in bullying events. Variables of mood, feelings of well-being, social and study climate are analyzed with a focus on studying correlations between feelings and relations within the smaller communities. Victims appear to be in the worst position on all measures, including number of friends, stress, emotions towards school or social climate. However, they show a more positive attitude for studying than bullies or bully-victims.