Subjective Well-Being and Bullying Victimisation: A Cross-National Study of Adolescents in 64 Countries and Economies

IF 2 3区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Child Indicators Research Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI:10.1007/s12187-024-10147-0

Ioannis Katsantonis, Beatriz Barrado, Ros McLellan, Gregorio Gimenez

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Bullying is a recognised serious public problem affecting many students worldwide. Despite the well-established empirical evidence for the negative consequences of bullying on adolescents? mental and physical health and educational outcomes, little is known about the link between bullying victimisation and adolescents? subjective well-being. Moreover, empirical studies using comparative large-scale survey data are particularly scarce. This study explores this question using nationally-representative data from 329,015 adolescents across 64 high and middle-income countries and economies from the 2018 PISA survey. Two measures of subjective well-being were considered: overall life satisfaction and positive affect. Multilevel regressions were estimated at three levels (student, school, and country). Results showed that bullying victimisation was negatively and significantly related to overall life satisfaction and positive affect after controlling for a wide set of factors affecting subjective well-being. Moreover, this negative relationship was more pronounced for top performing students. Locally adapted intervention programmes are needed to tackle the issue of school bullying and foster positive school climate and student well-being. Practical and policy implications are discussed in detail.

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主观幸福感与欺凌受害者：64 个国家和经济体青少年的跨国研究

欺凌是一个公认的严重公共问题，影响着全世界的许多学生。尽管欺凌对青少年的身心健康和教育成果造成负面影响的经验证据确凿，但人们对欺凌受害与青少年主观幸福感之间的联系却知之甚少。此外，使用大规模调查数据进行比较的实证研究尤其缺乏。本研究利用2018年国际学生评估项目（PISA）调查中64个中高收入国家和经济体的329015名青少年的全国代表性数据，对这一问题进行了探讨。研究考虑了主观幸福感的两个测量指标：总体生活满意度和积极情感。在三个层面（学生、学校和国家）进行了多层次回归估计。结果显示，在控制了一系列影响主观幸福感的因素后，欺凌受害与总体生活满意度和积极情感呈显著负相关。此外，这种负相关关系对成绩优秀的学生更为明显。要解决校园欺凌问题，培养积极的校园氛围和学生幸福感，需要因地制宜的干预方案。本文还详细讨论了对实际和政策的影响。

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Child Indicators Research SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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4.90

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14.30%

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103

期刊介绍： Child Indicators Research is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly that focuses on measurements and indicators of children''s well-being, and their usage within multiple domains and in diverse cultures. The Journal will present measures and data resources, analysis of the data, exploration of theoretical issues, and information about the status of children, as well as the implementation of this information in policy and practice. It explores how child indicators can be used to improve the development and well-being of children. Child Indicators Research will provide a unique, applied perspective, by presenting a variety of analytical models, different perspectives, and a range of social policy regimes. The Journal will break through the current ‘isolation’ of academicians, researchers and practitioners and serve as a ‘natural habitat’ for anyone interested in child indicators. Unique and exclusive, the Journal will be a source of high quality, policy impact and rigorous scientific papers. Readership: academicians, researchers, government officials, data collectors, providers of funding, practitioners, and journalists who have an interest in children’s well-being issues.