An Entangled Relationship between Bullying Perception and Psychosocial Dimensions in a Sample of Young Adolescents

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ID15717048
AuthorsFrancesca Mastorci (0000-0002-9415-3715, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica), Maria Francesca Lodovica Lazzeri (0000-0003-2028-076X, National Research Council), Paolo Piaggi (0000-0003-2774-9161, University of Pisa), Cristina Doveri (0000-0001-7964-6338, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica), Anselmo Casu (0000-0001-9996-4982, National Research Council), Gabriele Trivellini (0000-0002-8342-8736, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica), Irene Marinaro (0000-0002-5130-2231, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica), Caleb Devine (National Research Council), Cristina Vassalle (0000-0003-3438-6450, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio), Alessandro Pingitore (0000-0002-4049-184X, National Research Council, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume10
Issue11
Pages1823-1823
Publication date2023-11-17
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children10111823
OpenAlexW4388752792
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited41

Background: Bullying is a hostile behavior repeated over a time period, affecting children and adolescents in different social settings, mainly small and stable ones like school, with negative effects on mental and physical health. In this study, we aimed to provide the degree of impairment of different variables related to health and well-being in bullying conditions, with attention to sex differences. Methods: Data were obtained from 5390 adolescents (mean age 13.08 ± 1.89; male 2729), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was assessed using the KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaire. Results: In all students, mood and emotion, self-perception, and parental relationships are the dimensions more compromised in bullying conditions, while lifestyle habit is the variable less involved. Bullied girls show a significant impairment of all HRQoL variables both with respect to the socially accepted counterpart and to the male population. Conclusions: Our study highlights the strict association between bullying and emotional and social dimensions, suggesting that enhancing them preventively could facilitate earlier detection of problems, thereby reducing health risks

Developmental psychology · Habit · Mental health · Mood · Perception · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Quality of life (healthcare · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child Development and Digital Technology · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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