title: [Influence of bullying on the quality of life perception of Chilean students].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bullying has a negative impact on the perception of adolescents of their quality of life.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the association between being bullied and health related quality of life in Chilean adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  The bullying module of the KIDSCREEN 52 survey and the KIDSCREEN 10 survey to assess health related quality of life were applied to 7737 students aged 10 to 18 years. Social and demographic data, information about disability and type of school were also gathered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen percent of surveyed students were bullied. A lower quality of life perception increased by a factor of 2.6 among bullied students. It also increased by a factor of 4.4 among students with a low self-esteem, by a factor of 3.1 among those who perceived their health status as regular or bad and by a factor of 1.4 among women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bullying is associated with a lower quality of life perception among Chilean students.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hidalgo-Rasmussen
authors.forename: Temístocles
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: Ramiro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sepúlveda
authors.forename: Vania
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Montaño
authors.forename: Electra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D058445:Bullying / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002677:Chile; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012574:Schools; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires