title: Prevalence of School Bullying Among Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
abstract: The true extent of school bullying among youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) remains an underexplored area. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to: (a) assess the proportion of school-aged youth with ASD involved in school bullying as perpetrators, victims or both; (b) examine whether the observed prevalence estimates vary when different sources of heterogeneity related to the participants' characteristics and to the assessment methods are considered; and (c) compare the risk of school bullying between youth with ASD and their typically developing (TD) peers. A systematic literature search was performed and 17 studies met the inclusion criteria. The resulting pooled prevalence estimate for general school bullying perpetration, victimization and both was 10%, 44%, and 16%, respectively. Pooled prevalence was also estimated for physical, verbal, and relational school victimization and was 33%, 50%, and 31%, respectively. Moreover, subgroup analyses showed significant variations in the pooled prevalence by geographic location, school setting, information source, type of measures, assessment time frame, and bullying frequency criterion. Finally, school-aged youth with ASD were found to be at greater risk of school victimization in general, as well as verbal bullying, than their TD peers. Autism Res 2016, 9: 601-615. © 2015 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Cyberpsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada.|Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Australia.|Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maïano
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada.
authors.forename: Claude L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Normand
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada.|Research Unit on Children's Psychosocial Maladjustment, Canada.
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Salvas
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada.|Research Center, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, a University of Montreal affiliated Hospital, Canada.
authors.forename: Grégory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moullec
authors.affiliation: Cyberpsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada.|Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada.
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aimé
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D058445:Bullying / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D010379:Peer Group; D015995:Prevalence; D012306:Risk; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: bullying; perpetration; prevalence; school; victimization