Global variation in the prevalence of bullying victimisation amongst adolescents: Role of peer and parental supports.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bullying victimisation is a global public health problem that has been predominantly studied in high income countries. This study aimed to estimate the population level prevalence of bullying victimisation and its association with peer and parental supports amongst adolescents across low and middle income to high income countries (LMIC-HICs).

Methods

Data were drawn from the Global School-based Student Health Survey of school children aged 12-17 years, between 2003 and 2015, in 83 LMIC-HICs in the six World Health Organization (WHO) regions. We estimated the weighted prevalence of bullying victimisation at country, region and global level. We used multiple binary logistic regression models to estimate the adjusted association of age, gender, socioeconomic status,

SUBMITTER: Biswas T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7152826 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature