title: Adolescent bullying involvement and psychosocial aspects of family and school life: a cross-sectional study from Guangdong Province in China.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  School bullying is an emerging problem in China. The present study aimed to measure the prevalence of bullying behaviors among Chinese adolescents and to examine the association of bullying and being bullied with family factors, school factors and indicators of psychosocial adjustment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 8,342 middle school students were surveyed in four cities in the Guangdong Province. Self-reports on bullying involvement and information regarding family factors, school factors and psychosocial adjustment were collected. Descriptive statistics and multi-level logistic regression analysis were used to evaluate the prevalence of school bullying and explore potentially influential factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the total sample, 20.83% (1,738) reported being involved in bullying behaviors. Of the respondents, 18.99% were victims of bullying, 8.60% were bullies and 6.74% both bullied themselves and bullied others. Factors that were determined to be correlated with bullying behaviors included grade, parental caring, consideration of suicide, running away from home, time spent online per day and being in a physical fight.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bullying was determined to be prevalent among Chinese adolescents. Given the concurrent psychosocial adjustment, family and school factors associated with bullying, as well as the potential long-term negative outcomes for these youth, this issue merits serious attention, both for future research and preventive intervention.
authors: Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Wang
authors: Xiaolan
authors: X
authors: Zhou
authors: Ciyong
authors: C
authors: Lu
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: Wu
authors: Xueqing
authors: X
authors: Deng
authors: Lingyao
authors: L
authors: Hong
authors: Xue
authors: X
authors: Gao
authors: Yuan
authors: Y
authors: He
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk; D012574:Schools; D055815:Young Adult