Naslov
Peer-bullying between the university students at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

Autori
Berlančić, Terezija ; Tomin, Monika ; Miškulin, Ivan ; Miškulin, Maja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Liječnički vjesnik, Suplement 1 / Anić, B. - Zagreb : Hrvatski liječnički zbor, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2018, 35-36

Skup
14th International Biomedical Croatian Student Summit (CROSS14)

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 10.04.2018. - 13.04.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
university students ; peer-victimization ; peer-bullying ; questionnaire study ; Osijek ; Croatia

Sažetak
Introduction: Bullying is a commonly occurring problem behavior in youths that could lead to long-term health effects. It is a relatively well researched topic in elementary and high school student population. However, there are very few researches about bullying in university student population. By its definition bullying is intentional, repetitive aggressive behavior including some sort of power imbalance between those involved. Power imbalance and intention are used as criteria to separate bullying from other forms of aggressive behavior. Today there are many different forms of peer-bullying or peer-victimization. In this study we were focused on: physical and verbal victimization, social manipulation and attacks on property. Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the extent and prevailing form of peer-bullying among students of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek and its connection to different demographic factors. Participants and methods: This on-line, anonymous questionnaire study was done during February 2018 by the use of specially designed questionnaire which contained multidimensional peer-victimization scale and questions regarding the demographic data of study participants. The response rate was 98.5% (717/728). Results: There were 77.7% (557/717) females and 22.3% (160/717) males ; 63.0% (452/717) were younger students (first to third study year) and 37.0% (265/717) older students (fourth to six study year). Among all study participants there were further 26.5% (190/717) of those who repeated the study year and 73.5% (527/717) who did not. Finally, there were 59.0% (423/717) of students who are studying in their hometown and 41.0% (294/717) of those who are not studying in their hometown. Study revealed that students who are not studying in their hometown were more exposed to overall peer-victimization measured by the total bullying scale (p=0.012) and are also more exposed to social violence measured by the social violence scale (p=0.006). Study also showed that males are more involved in physical violence (p<0.001), verbal violence (p=0.005) and economic violence (p=0.046), measured by the physical violence, verbal violence and attacks on property scale, respectively. Conclusion: Bullying is not a well recognized problem within university student population. The results of this study point to the importance of analyzing and resolving peer-bullying problem at this level of education.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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