Fleming Lila C, Jacobsen Kathryn H
Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University 5B7, 4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, USA.
J Sch Health. 2009 Mar;79(3):130-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.0397.x.
The goal of this study was to assess the association between bullying and symptoms of depression among middle school students in Chile.
Secondary data analysis of Chile's 2004 Global School-Based Health Survey.
A total of 8131 middle school students participated in the study. Forty-seven percent of students reported having been bullied in the past month and 30% reported having been sad and hopeless for 2 or more weeks in the past year. Students in the seventh and eighth grades were more likely to report having been bullied in the past month than students in ninth grade. Ninth grade students reported higher levels of loneliness, difficulty sleeping, and suicidal thoughts than students in the seventh and eighth grades. Boys were more likely than girls to report being bullied in the past month, but girls were more likely than boys to report symptoms of depression, such as prolonged feelings of sadness and hopelessness, loneliness, difficulty sleeping, and suicidal thoughts. Students who reported being bullied in the past month were more likely than nonbullied students to report symptoms of depression. A higher number of days of being bullied in the past month was associated with a statistically significant increase in reported rates of sadness and hopelessness (p < .001).
Bullying is common among middle school children in Chile, and bullying and symptoms of depression are strongly linked. This finding is consistent with studies of bullying and depression in adolescents from other parts of the world.
本研究的目的是评估智利中学生中欺凌行为与抑郁症状之间的关联。
对智利2004年全球学校健康调查的二手数据进行分析。
共有8131名中学生参与了该研究。47%的学生报告在过去一个月曾遭受欺凌，30%的学生报告在过去一年中有两周或更长时间感到悲伤和绝望。七年级和八年级的学生比九年级的学生更有可能报告在过去一个月曾遭受欺凌。九年级学生报告的孤独感、睡眠困难和自杀念头水平高于七年级和八年级的学生。在过去一个月里，男孩比女孩更有可能报告遭受欺凌，但女孩比男孩更有可能报告抑郁症状，如长期的悲伤和绝望感、孤独感、睡眠困难和自杀念头。在过去一个月里报告遭受欺凌的学生比未遭受欺凌的学生更有可能报告抑郁症状。过去一个月中遭受欺凌的天数越多，报告的悲伤和绝望发生率在统计学上显著增加（p < .001）。
欺凌行为在智利中学生中很常见，并且欺凌行为与抑郁症状密切相关。这一发现与世界其他地区关于青少年欺凌和抑郁的研究一致。
