Naslov
Bullying among school children in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina : cross-sectional study

Autori
Černi Obrdalj, Edita ; Rumboldt, Mirjana

Izvornik
Croatian medical journal (0353-9504) 49 (2008), 4; 528-535

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
bullying; primary school pupils
(ullying; primary school pupils)

Sažetak
To compare the prevalence and characteritics of bullying between two towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Stolac, which was exposed to firearm conflict during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Posušje, which was outside the active combat zone. In this cross-sectional study we included 484 primary school pupils attending 4th-8th grade elementary school ; 217 (44.8%) of them from Stolac and 267 (55.2%) from Posušje. Thge pupils were interviewed using a standardized questionnaire on the experience of bullying. Every sixth pupil (16.4%) experienced at least one form of bullying almost every day, while 34 (7.0%) constantly bullyied other children. Sixth-eighth graders were more often bullies than 4th-5th graders (P=0.044). Girls were most often victims of bullying, while boys were prevalent bullies (P=0.036). The expected difference in violence between the two towns was not observed, except for older pupils in Posušje, who were more violent than their peers in Stolac (P=0.044). Among the analyzed variables of sex, age, town, and school achievement, only the male gender was a significant predictor of bullying (P=0.010), increasing the relative risk 3.005 times. Bullying among primary school pupils did not differ between areas that did/did not experience war activities. Our results could be useful in the introduction of specific preventive measures against bullying in postwar situations.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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