Trends in Indicators of Violence Among Adolescents in Europe and North America 1994-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe age and gender specific time trends in adolescent violence across 19 countries over 28 years.

Methods

The paper presents analysis of eight cycles of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study from 1994-2022, involving 789,531 children aged 11, 13, and 15. Indicators of violence included physical fighting, school bullying and cyberbullying (from 2018). Log-binomial regression models were used to test for linear temporal trends, with Generalized Estimating Equations used to account for clustering by country.

Results

School bullying perpetration and victimization declined over time in each age/gender group in most countries. Similar declines were reported for frequent physical fighting among boys (all ages) and girls (age 15 only). T

SUBMITTER: Molcho M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11891013 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature