@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of bullying in secondary schools in Port Harcourt",
journal="International journal of adolescent medicine and health",
year="2014",
author="Alex-Hart, Balafama Abinye and Okagua, Joyce and Opara, Peace Ibo",
volume="27",
number="4",
pages="391-396",
abstract="BACKGROUND: School bullying is a global problem involving a high proportion of students worldwide. However, its prevalence and types in secondary schools in Port Harcourt is not yet known. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and types of bullying in secondary schools in Port Harcourt. Subjects: A total of 1160 students from six secondary schools in Port Harcourt comprised the sample. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional school-based study conducted in Port Harcourt in March 2014. Two mixed schools, two all-boys schools, and two all-girls schools were selected using purposive sampling technique. Stratified random sampling technique, by class strata (senior secondary 1, 2 and 3) was used to select 1160 students from the six schools. A 22-item self-administered questionnaire adapted from a previous study was modified and used in this study. The questions covered the prevalence, type of bullying, and socio-demographic data. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20 (IBM SPSS Incorporated, Chicago, IL, USA). <br><br>RESULTS: About 82.2% reported being victims of bullying, whereas 64.9% reported being bullies. About 9.7% and 11.8% were neither bullies nor bullied, respectively. Bullying was significantly higher in the all-boys (90.8%) and all-girls (82.9%) schools than in the mixed schools (73.5%), p=0.000. More males were victims (53.4%) and bullies (53.3%) but more females (55.4%) were bully-victims. The most common (57.5%) type of bullying was physical bullying. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The rate of bullying was found to be very high in secondary schools in Port Harcourt.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0334-0139",
doi="10.1515/ijamh-2014-0038",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijamh-2014-0038"
}