Bullying Victimization in Children and Adolescents and Its Impact on Academic Outcomes.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-28-2024
Abstract
Bullying victimization has been identified as a significant factor influencing academic outcomes. We sought to evaluate the educational outcomes and psychiatric comorbidities in children and adolescents who are victims of bullying using the National Survey of Children's Health dataset for the study. The participants were children and adolescents (age: 6-17 years) categorized into two groups: group 1, not bullied (n = 21,015), and group 2, bullied more than once (n = 21,775). Individuals whose health status was fair or poor have experienced more bullying (2.4% vs. 1.4%, p < 0.001). Individuals in the group 2 were more likely to repeat the grades than the group 1 (7.1% vs. 5.9%, p = 0.039). Individuals who were missing ≥11 school days and sometimes or never engaged in school were observed to be more in the group 2 compared with the group 1 (5.9% vs. 3.2% and 20.3% vs. 10.6%, p < 0.001). In conclusion, bullying victimization could be a risk factor and associated with decreased academic outcomes.
Publication Title
The Journal of nervous and mental disease
Recommended Citation
Vadukapuram, R., Trivedi, C., Desai, S. R., Mansuri, Z., Jain, S., & Reddy, A. (2024). Bullying Victimization in Children and Adolescents and Its Impact on Academic Outcomes.. The Journal of nervous and mental disease https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001782
Comments
Online ahead of print.