@article{ref1,
title="Verbal abuse, gender and well-being at school",
journal="International journal of adolescent medicine and health",
year="2005",
author="Eliasson, Miriam A. and Laflamme, Lucie and Isaksson, Kerstin",
volume="17",
number="4",
pages="367-378",
abstract="The purpose was to assess the prevalence of students' experience of verbal abuse and its effects on school satisfaction and well-being from a gender perspective. Attention was paid to age differences. Methods: The study population consisted of all students in grades 6 and 8 in a Swedish city. A total of 1,006 students, ages 12-15, completed a self-administered questionnaire (response rate 84 percent). Results: Boys reported experiencing insults and threats to a greater extent, whereas girls more frequently experienced sexualized name-calling, specifically &quot;whore&quot;. Both genders reported boys as perpetrators of verbal abuse most often. Further, girls generally reported lower levels of school satisfaction and well-being, while verbal abuse had a negative effect on the well-being of both genders. Conclusions: Verbal abuse between students is a predominantly masculine practice, more pronounced among older students. It impacts negatively on the school satisfaction and well-being of both girls and boys and does not have to be frequent, repeated, or combined with other kinds of harassment to have this effect.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0334-0139",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}