The Relationship Between Reported Health and Involvement in Bully/ Victim Problems among Male and Female Secondary Schoolchildren

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4228641
AutoresKen Rigby (0000-0003-2497-3715, University of South Australia, Underdale)
Ano1998
Volume3
Fascículo4
Páginas465-476
Data de publicação1998-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/135910539800300402
PMID22021407
OpenAlexW2036459650
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas30
Referências citadas18

The relationship between involvement in bully/victim problems at school and the reported health of adolescents was investigated using questionnaires completed anonymously by 819 Australian schoolchildren attending coeducational high school. From self-reports of their relations with peers at school, respondents were categorized as victims, bullies, bully-victims and 'others'. The students also completed a measure of mental health, the General Health Questionnaire, and answered questions to assess their frequency of physical complaints and perceived consequences of adverse treatment by peers at school. In general, peer- victimized girls reported a higher incidence of emotional distress and more perceived adverse health effects. Compared with 'others' , victims of both sexes indicated significantly worse mental and physical health. Among boys only, bullies consistently reported poorer health. Explanations for health effects and reported gender differences are discussed in relation to the consequences of stress engendered by peer victimization at school as well as suggested differences in the nature and implications of bullying behaviours employed by boys and girls

Adolescent health · Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Distress · Emotional distress · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Mental health · Occupational safety and health · Physical health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support · Clinical Psychology