Bullying in adolescents across three years in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional and prospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bullying has been identified as a risk factor for many issues among adolescents. Although it was already considered a public health issue in Brazil before the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about how the pandemic and associated public health measures have affected bullying behavior.

Objective

To explore changes in bullying victimization and perpetration among Brazilian high school students from 2019 to 2022.

Methods

This study utilizes data from the Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Lifestyle (ELEVA), employing a repeated cross-sectional with a nested cohort design. Adolescents (n = 1.987, 50.2% female, mean age 16.4 years) answered a questionnaire and bullying-related information were extracted from two different questions for victims and perpetrators.

SUBMITTER: de Oliveira BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11734234 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature