title: Bullying and subjective health among adolescents at schools in Latvia and Lithuania.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence of bullying among adolescents in Latvia and Lithuania and to study its association with self-rated health, health complaints, and life satisfaction.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 3417 students in Latvia and 5626 in Lithuania were surveyed using the Health Behaviour Study among School-aged Children 2001/2002 (HBSC) questionnaire and research protocol.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Being a victim, bully, or bully/victim was reported by 30.1% adolescents in Latvia and 52.3% in Lithuania with the highest proportion reporting being a victim. Bullying was associated with poor subjective health and low life satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The factors explaining the difference of bullying prevalence between both countries should be studied to develop effective anti-bullying interventions relevant to local conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Riga Stradins university, Dzirciema street 16, 1007, Riga, Latvia. inese.gobina@gmail.com
authors.forename: Inese
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gobina
authors.forename: Apolinaras
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaborskis
authors.forename: Iveta
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pudule
authors.forename: Ilze
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kalnins
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villerusa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007844:Latvia; D008097:Lithuania; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires