Victimization by traditional bullying and cyberbullying and the combination of these among adolescents in 13 European and Asian countries.

ABSTRACT: There has been a lack of studies on bullying in non-western low-income and middle-income countries. This study reported the prevalence of traditional victimization, cybervictimization, and the combination of these, in 13 European and Asian countries, and explored how psychiatric symptoms were associated with victimization. The data for this cross-sectional, school-based study of 21,688 adolescents aged 13-15 were collected from 2011 to 2017. The main outcomes were traditional and cybervictimization obtained from student self-reports. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire was used to assess psychiatric symptoms. Generalized estimating equation and logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs). The mean prevalence of any vict

SUBMITTER: Chudal R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9402766 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature