The healthy context paradox: a cross-country analysis of the association between bullying victimisation and adolescent mental health.

ABSTRACT: Bullying victimisation is an increasing global health problem among adolescents and is associated with short- and long-term adverse mental health outcomes. Investigating whether associations with mental health vary across national contexts and why, can provide insights into mechanisms underlying those associations and inform policy. We used data from 479,685 adolescents participating in the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) cross-sectional survey and examined whether the associations between bullying victimisation, psychological distress and life satisfaction vary across 63 countries. We further tested the modifying role of country-level factors - bullying prevalence, income inequality and national wealth, by implementing multilevel cross-country analyses. We found s

SUBMITTER: Odigie T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11805777 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature