Bullying victimization among adolescents during the early phase of war in Ukraine - A comparative cross-sectional study in 2016-2017.

IF 6.8 3区医学 Q1 PEDIATRICS

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI:10.1111/camh.12770

Sanju Silwal, Minja Westerlund, Olga Osokina, Susanna Hinkka-Yli-Salomäki, Matthew Hodes, Norbert Skokauskas, Andre Sourander

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Abstract

Background: War profoundly impacts adolescent development and may increase the likelihood of aggressive responses when such behavior is perceived as acceptable and accessible. War may, hence, exacerbate a form of interpersonal violence already prevalent among children and adolescents.

Methods: We conducted a comparative cross-sectional study 2 years after the Russian invasion of Eastern Ukraine in 2014 by comparing the prevalence of bullying victimization among adolescents aged 11-17 years (N = 2766) in two administrative regions with different levels of wartime traumatic stressor exposure.

Results: Female adolescents in the war-affected region were bullied more often compared to those in the non-affected region [65.3% vs. 56.3%, adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR) = 1.5, 95% CI 1.2-1.9]. For both boys and girls, symptoms of psychopathology were associated with bullying victimization often [girls: depression (aOR = 2.9, 95% CI 2.4-3.4); boys: depression (aOR = 3.3, 95% CI 2.6-4.1) and PTSD (aOR = 1.7, 95% CI 1.4-2.02)]. In the war-affected region, a dose-response relationship between bullying victimization often and war-event exposure was observed in both sexes [girls: 1-3 war-events (aOR = 1.4, 95% CI 0.7-2.6), 4-6 (aOR = 2.4, 95% CI 1.3-4.5) and ≥7 (aOR = 5.5, 95% CI 2.7-11.1); boys: 1-3 (aOR = 1.4, 95% CI 0.7-2.8), 4-6 (aOR = 3.2, 95% CI 1.7-6.3), and ≥7 (aOR = 6.8, 95% CI 3.1-14.8)].

Conclusions: War exposure was associated with bullying victimization, with girls being bullied more often than boys. Bullying victimization was linked to cumulative traumatic stressor exposure in the war-affected region for both sexes.

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health PEDIATRICS-PSYCHIATRY

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期刊介绍： Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) publishes high quality, peer-reviewed child and adolescent mental health services research of relevance to academics, clinicians and commissioners internationally. The journal''s principal aim is to foster evidence-based clinical practice and clinically orientated research among clinicians and health services researchers working with children and adolescents, parents and their families in relation to or with a particular interest in mental health. CAMH publishes reviews, original articles, and pilot reports of innovative approaches, interventions, clinical methods and service developments. The journal has regular sections on Measurement Issues, Innovations in Practice, Global Child Mental Health and Humanities. All published papers should be of direct relevance to mental health practitioners and clearly draw out clinical implications for the field.