Bullying, Violence, and Risk Behavior in South African School Students

Autor/inn/en	Liang, Holan; Flisher, Alan J.; Lombard, Carl J.
Titel	Bullying, Violence, and Risk Behavior in South African School Students
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 31 (2007) 2, S.161-171 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.08.007
Schlagwörter	At Risk Persons; Violence; Secondary School Students; Questionnaires; Student Participation; Suicide; Psychological Patterns; Smoking; Antisocial Behavior; Gender Differences; Males; Age Differences; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Grade 8; Grade 11; Victims of Crime; Profiles; Municipalities; Bullying; Adolescents; Africa; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risikogruppe; Gewalt; Sekundarschüler; Fragebogen; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Selbstmord; Rauchen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Magistrat; Mobbing; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Afrika; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Objectives: To examine the prevalence of bullying behavior in adolescents from Cape Town and Durban, South Africa, and the association of these behaviors with levels of violence and risk behavior. Method: Five thousand and seventy-four adolescent schoolchildren in grade 8 (mean age 14.2 years) and grade 11 (mean age 17.4 years) at 72 Government schools in Cape Town and Durban, South Africa completed self-report questionnaires on participation in bullying, violent, anti-social and risk behaviors. Results: Over a third (36.3%) of students were involved in bullying behavior, 8.2% as bullies, 19.3% as victims and 8.7% as bully-victims (those that are both bullied and bully others). Male students were most at risk of both perpetration and victimization, with younger boys more vulnerable to victimization. Violent and anti-social behaviors were increased in bullies, victims and bully-victims compared to controls not involved in any bullying behavior (p less than 0.01 in all cases). Risk taking behavior was elevated for bullies and bully-victims, but for victims was largely comparable to controls. Victims were less likely to smoke than controls (odds ratio .83, p less than 0.05). Bully-victims showed largely comparable violent, anti-social and risk taking behavior profiles to bullies. Bully-victims showed comparable suicidal ideation and smoking profiles to victims. Conclusions: Results were in keeping with Western findings. Involvement in bullying is a common problem for young South Africans. Bullying behavior can act as an indicator of violent, anti-social and risk-taking behaviors. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10