Associated factors of bullying victimization among Tien Chau secondary school students in Phuc Yen town, Vinh Phuc province

Duong Thi Thanh1*, Le Thi Hai Ha2, Tran Thi Mai Oanh3, Nguyen Thanh Huong2

1International Centre for Tropical Agriculture

2Hanoi University of Public Health

3Health Strategy and Policy Institute

 

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of bullying victimization and indentify associated factors of only bullying victimization among students of Tien Chau secondary school in Phuc Yen town of Vinh Phuc province.

Methods: The study employed a cross-sectional study. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the information of 429 students (grade 6 to 9) in Tien Chau secondary school in April 2017.

Main findings: Analyses of bullying victimization showed nearly six in ten students (59.4%) were engaged in bullying roles as victim. Of these students, neary one in three (30.8%) were victim only. Analyses of multiple logistic regression showed related factors of only bullying victimization including individual factors such as grade level, students at higher level of grade had higher odd of being victimised by their peers than those who are at lower grade level (OR = 1.43; 95%CI: 1.08 – 1,9), middle level of psychological distress (OR = 3.07; 95%CI: 1.48 – 6.35), having suicidal ideation (OR = 9.13; 95%CI: 4.68 – 17.82), high level of academic stress (OR = 2.17; 95%CI: 1.2 – 3.29); low level of family support (OR = 2.55; 95%CI: 1.23 – 3.29).

Conclusions: Schools and families should pay more attention at academic stress and mental health problems among students because of their signifcant asociations with bullying victimization. Further research should pay attention at the relationships between academic stress and bullying victimization. Families should provide more emotional supports, spend more times to talk with their children as well as help them to make decisions in order to prevent bullying victimization.

Keywords: bullying, victimization, adolescent student, associated factors, mental health.

 

*Corresponding author: Duong Thi Thanh

Work place: International Centre for Tropical Agriculture

Email: duongthanhvp@gmail.com

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