Relationship between Bullying, Substance Use, Psychiatric Disorders, and Social Problems in a Sample of Kenyan Secondary Schools
| Autor: | Charlotte M. Neher, David M. Ndetei, Pauline Krolinski, Albert Tele, Victoria N. Mutiso, Abednego Musau, Christine W. Musyimi |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Athena Institute |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty SDG 16 - Peace Adolescent Social Problems Substance-Related Disorders education Psychological intervention Sample (statistics) Bivariate analysis Substance use Social issues 03 medical and health sciences Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Prevalence Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychiatry Students 030505 public health Data collection Descriptive statistics Public health Mental Disorders 05 social sciences SDG 16 - Peace Justice and Strong Institutions Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Bullying School performance Direct bullying Kenya Justice and Strong Institutions Health psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Female 0305 other medical science Psychology Psychiatric disorders 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Mutiso, V N, Musyimi, C W, Krolinski, P, Neher, C M, Musau, A M, Tele, A & Ndetei, D M 2019, ' Relationship between Bullying, Substance Use, Psychiatric Disorders, and Social Problems in a Sample of Kenyan Secondary Schools ', Prevention Science, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 544-554 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-019-01014-4 Prevention Science, 20(4), 544-554. Springer New York |
| ISSN: | 1389-4986 |
| Popis: | We aimed to investigate how direct bullying and victimization relate with substance use, the presence of psychiatric disorders, poor school performance, disruptive behaviors, and social problems among secondary school students. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 20 randomly selected mixed-day secondary school students in forms one to three in Machakos County, equivalent to students in grades 1 to 11. From a random starting point, every sixth student in the class was invited to participate. The Drug Use Screening Inventory (revised) (DUSI-R) and the Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ) were administered in a classroom-setting by trained research assistants with experience in data collection. Four categories, i.e., bully only, bully-victim, victim only, and neither bully nor victims (neutrals) were developed and problem density scores computed. Descriptive statistics, bivariate, and multinomial logistic regression analysis summarized the findings. Of the 471 students, 13.6% had not experienced bullying problems. Bully-victim was the most prevalent form of bullying. No significant gender differences were reported across categories. Bully-victims reported significant higher problem density scores in eight out of the nine problem domains, and effect sizes of the differences in problem scores between neutrals and bully-victims were larger compared with other categories. Behavioral and family system problem scores retained a significant relationship with bully-victim category (p < 0.001). A high prevalence of bullying problems was documented in both genders. However, bully-victims had a higher risk of multiple negative individual and environmental and social problems. Assessment of bullying problems is an indirect route to identifying significant youth problems. Bullying interventions should be multifaceted to address psycho-socio-behavioral problems. |
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