TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Temporal trends in bullying victimization among adolescents aged 12-15 years from 29 countries: a global perspective
JO  - Journal of Adolescent Health
A1  - Smith, Lee
A1  - López Sánchez, Guillermo F.
A1  - Haro, Josep Maria
A1  - Alghamdi, Abdullah Ahmed
A1  - Pizzol, Damiano
A1  - Tully, Mark A.
A1  - Oh, Hans
A1  - Gibson, Poppy
A1  - Keyes, Helen
A1  - Butler, Laurie
A1  - Barnett, Yvonne
A1  - Shin, Jae Il
A1  - Koyanagi, Ai
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - PURPOSE: Bullying victimization among adolescents is a major public health concern. However, multicountry studies investigating temporal trends of bullying victimization among adolescents are scarce, especially from a global perspective. Thus, we aimed to examine the temporal trends of bullying victimization among school-going adolescents between 2003 and 2017 in 29 countries from Africa (n = 5), Asia (n = 18), and the Americas (n = 6). <br><br>METHODS: Data on 191,228 students aged 12-15 years [mean (standard deviation) age 13.7 (1.0) years; 48.9% boys] who participated in the Global School-based Student Health Survey were analyzed. Bullying victimization was based on self-report and referred to being bullied at least once in the past 30 days. The prevalence (95% confidence interval) of bullying victimization was calculated for each survey. Crude linear trends in bullying victimization were examined by linear regression models. <br><br>RESULTS: The mean prevalence of bullying victimization across all surveys was 39.4%. There was a large variation in the trends of bullying victimization across countries with a significant increasing and decreasing trend being observed in 6 and 13 countries, respectively. Myanmar, Egypt, and the Philippines showed the sharpest increase. The decrease was modest in most countries which showed a decreasing trend. The remaining countries showed stable trends (n = 10) but some countries such as Seychelles showed consistently high prevalence over time (i.e., ≥ 50%). <br><br>DISCUSSION: Decreasing trends of bullying victimization were more common than increasing or stable trends in our study including adolescents from 29 countries. However, a high prevalence of bullying was observed in most countries, and thus, further global efforts to combat bullying victimization are necessary.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1054-139X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.04.031
ID  - ref1
ER  -