Bullying and health-related quality of life in children and adolescent Mexican students

Previous studies have reported a relationship between being a victim of bullying, but no studies have been carried out with Mexican students; notwithstanding the high scores of bullying in Mexico in international rankings. The objective of this study was to analyze the association between being a vi...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva 2018-07, Vol.23 (7), p.2433-2441
Main Authors: Hidalgo-Rasmussen, Carlos Alejandro, Ramírez-López, Guadalupe, Rajmil, Luis, Skalicky, Anne, Martín, Alfredo Hidalgo-San
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent
Bullying
Bullying - psychology
Bullying - statistics & numerical data
Child
Children
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Policy & Services
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Mexico
Prevalence
Quality of Life
Schools
Social Adjustment
Students - psychology
Students - statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
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Summary:Previous studies have reported a relationship between being a victim of bullying, but no studies have been carried out with Mexican students; notwithstanding the high scores of bullying in Mexico in international rankings. The objective of this study was to analyze the association between being a victim of bullying and lower HRQoL among schoolchildren and adolescents in Mexico. This cross-sectional and correlational study involved 2225 students from 22 elementary, middle and high schools. HRQoL was assessed with the KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaire and bullying with the social adaptation dimension of KIDSCREEN-52. Bivariate associations were evaluated, and a multivariate logistic regression was utilized. The prevalence of victims of bullying was 17.3%. Being a victim of bullying was double the risk of having a lower HRQoL than not being a victim after adjusting for health perception, gender and age, OR 2.3 (1.7-3.1). As the Wilson and Cleary Model of Quality of Life explains, individual characteristics, such as, being a victim of bullying are associated with quality of life. Similar findings in the existing literature imply that bullying is a global phenomenon that impacts the victimized child or adolescent's life in different ways.
ISSN:1413-8123
1678-4561
1678-4561
DOI:10.1590/1413-81232018237.16392016