Time Trends in Bullying Behavior in Italy

Autor/inn/en	Vieno, Alessio; Lenzi, Michela; Gini, Gianluca; Pozzoli, Tiziana; Cavallo, Franco; Santinello, Massimo
Titel	Time Trends in Bullying Behavior in Italy
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 85 (2015) 7, S.441-445 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
Schlagwörter	Bullying; Behavior Problems; Trend Analysis; Incidence; Victims; Victims of Crime; Adolescents; Middle School Students; Secondary School Students; Questionnaires; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Statistical Analysis; Robustness (Statistics); Prevention; Student Participation; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; Trendanalyse; Vorkommen; Victim; Opfer; Victims; Crime; Verbrechen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Sekundarschüler; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Italien
Abstract	Background: Given the severity of outcomes associated with involvement in bullying and the resources spent in an effort to reduce its prevalence, it is important to investigate trends in the bullying's occurrence. The main aim of this study was to identify trends from 2002 to 2010 in prevalence of bullying and victimization among Italian adolescents. Methods: The survey reported here is part of the larger population-based cross-sectional (2002, 2006, and 2010) "Health Behaviour in School Aged Children" (HBSC) transnational study. The sample was comprised of 13,174 Italian middle and secondary school students (11- to 15-year-olds; 50.3% girls). Data were collected through a self-report questionnaire. Measures included involvement in bullying as either a perpetrator or a victim. Trends were determined using Gamma statistics. Results: Consistent and robust decreases in the prevalence of bullying between 2002 and 2010 were detected in Italy. During this time frame both frequent and occasional bullying and victimization decreased by half. Conclusions: We measured a strong decrease in involvement in bullying behavior in Italy, in particular after 2006, when the Italian government invested more systematically in the prevention effort on bullying. This is encouraging news for policymakers and practitioners working in the field of bullying prevention. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01