title: Bullying behaviors among Chinese school-aged youth: a prevalence and correlates study in Guangdong Province.
abstract: Bullying among school-aged youth is a common issue worldwide and is increasingly being recognized as an important problem affecting both victims and perpetrators. Most of the bullying studies have been conducted in western countries, and their implications in other regions are limited due to different cultural contexts. The goal of our study is to identify the prevalence of bullying and its correlates school-aged youth in Guangdong province. In total, 1098 (7.1%) students reported having bullied other students, 744 (4.8%) students reported having been bullied by other students and 396 (2.6%) students reported having both bullied other students and been bullied by other students. There was a strong association between bullying others as well as being bullied and suicidal ideations, suicidal attempts, and self-harm behaviors. The prevalence of bullying and its associations with delinquent behaviors warrant the importance of school facility based preventive intervention taking into account both victims and perpetrators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China. Electronic address: luciyong@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ciyong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China.
authors.forename: Xueqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China.
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China.
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China.
authors.forename: Fanfan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D058445:Bullying; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Bullying; Large sample size; Prevalence; School-aged youth