Aims of the study–to investigate the associations between school bullying, psychological injuries in the family and health outcomes among students.
Methods Questionnaire information on bullying by methods of D. Olweus, Norwegian scientist. The psychological state was measured by the sense of coherence, self-esteem, loneliness, happiness, and communication skills. Health outcomes were headache, stomach ache, back pain, anxiety, etc. Family injuries were stress in the family, domestic violence, crisis. Totally 588 students were investigated among all the 670 studying in X Kaunas gymnasium. Response rate 87.8%.
Results. Totally 138 (23.6%) were involved in the bullying process, among them 76 (12.9%) were bullied frequently, 46(7.8%) were bullies and 16 (2.7%) were involved in the two-way bullying process. The prevalence of frequent bullying among boys was 58 (24.1%) and among girls 34 (9.8%) (p<0.0001), among 5-9 grades it was 72 (18.3%) and among 10-12 grades 20(10.3%) (p=0.012). Though the prevalence of bullies was more often among 10-12 grades-29 (14.9 %) than 5-9 grades 33 (8.4%, p=0.015). 11.8% of students suffered from severe conflicts in the family and permanent tension. Crises (divorces, death or incurable disease of the close family member, severe financial problems) were met by 15.1%. Stress at home 6 times increased the risk of low sense of coherence, 8 times the risk of poor self-rated health, while frequent bullying 4 times in the 5-9 grades group. Though the... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060615_193502-76664 |
| Date | 15 June 2006 |
| Creators | Vareikiene, Inga |
| Contributors | Zaborskis, Apolinaras, Kligys, Gintautas, Ustinavičienė, Rūta, Grabauskas, Vilius, Kaunas University of Medicine |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Kaunas University of Medicine |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060615_193502-76664 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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