Evidences of the association between individual attributes and bullying

A cross-sectional study with adolescents from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID5167875
AuthorsSílvia Letícia Alexiu, Sílvia Letícia Alexius (0000-0002-2970-6133, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Michel Carlos Mocellin (0000-0002-8565-7444, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Elizabeth Nappi Corrêa (0000-0002-2863-4262, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Janaina Das Neves (0000-0002-9026-9841, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Francisco De Assis Guedes De Vasconcelos (0000-0002-6162-8067, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Arlete Catarina Tittoni Corso (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Year2018
Volume34
Issue12
Pagese00118617-e00118617
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00118617
PMID30570038
OpenAlexW2908333303
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2018001205011
LanguageEN
References cited49

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of bullying and to verify the association between nutritional status, demographic and socioeconomic factors, and individual attributes among schoolchildren aged from 11 to 14 years. This is cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample of 975 adolescents attending public and private schools in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Bullying was investigated with a self-administered questionnaire by applying Item Response Theory and dichotomized according to victimization or not. Body mass index (BMI) was classified according to the World Health Organization criteria. Data such as age, school type and location, household income, as well as the education background of the parents were collected by a questionnaire given to the parents. Crude and adjusted analyses were performed using logistic regression. The prevalence of victims of bullying and of overweight/obese adolescents was 13.2% and 29%, respectively. No association was found between bullying and age, sex, school type, mother's education, household income, and overweight/obesity. The crude analysis model indicated that overweight/obese adolescents and those with individual attributes (fat, thin, tall, short, good-looking, ugly, from a different ethnic background, rich, poor, with a disability and/or other) had a greater chance of being bullied. In the analysis model adjusted by household income and stratified by sex, boys were discriminated for being fat, good-looking, ugly, or for having a disability, while girls were discriminated for being fat, tall, short, ugly, rich, poor, among other individual attributes

Association (psychology) · Body mass index · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Family income · Geography · Household income · Logistic regression · Obesity · Overweight · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support · Gerontology

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