School bullying and health-related quality of life in Chinese school-aged children and adolescents |
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| Authors: | Hui Xiao Zepeng Gong Zhanlong Ba Fiona Doolan-Noble Ziqiang Han |
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| Institution: | 1. Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;2. School of Public Affairs and Administration & Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Study, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China;3. School of Sociology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;4. Department of General Practice and Rural Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;5. School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao, China |
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| Abstract: | To explore the association between bullying and HRQoL among Chinese school-aged children and adolescents utilizing a cross-sectional survey design. Bivariate associations were used to determine the correlation between the experience of bullying and lower HRQoL, and multivariate logistic regressions were evaluated. A total of 2,155 participants, 32.57%, reported experiencing bullying: traditional bullying, 27.80% (n = 599) (β = ?3.55, p < .001, SE = 0.41), and cyberbullying, 7.47% (n = 161) (β = ?2.50, p < .001, SE = 0.71). The degree of traditional bullying (β = ?10.28, p < .001, SE = 1.19) was negatively significantly associated with HRQoL. Other determinants of the impact of the bullying in this cohort were the children's school performance and their relationship with parents, teachers and classmates. |
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| Keywords: | child health-related quality of life school bullying violence |
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