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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Bullying, violence, and risk behavior in South African school students
Child Abuse and Neglect, Volume 31, No. 2, Year 2007
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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 < .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 < .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. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Liang, Holan
United Kingdom, London
King's College London
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Flisher, Alan J.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Lombard, Carl J.
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Statistics
Citations: 339
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.08.007
ISSN:
01452134
Research Areas
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Case-Control Study
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Male