Department of Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan, Health Sciences Building, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5.
Can J Public Health. 2011 Nov-Dec;102(6):462-6. doi: 10.1007/BF03404201.
Bullying is common and multifaceted. There is no published literature focusing on bullying in First Nations youth on-reserve in Canada. The purpose of this paper is to examine the prevalence, risk indicators and impact of bullying within a First Nations youth population currently living on-reserve.
Students in grades 5 through 8 (age 10 to 16 years) within the Saskatoon Tribal Council were asked to complete a youth health survey. Among the seven schools, 271 students were eligible to participate.
204 youth completed the eight-stage consent protocol and the school survey for a response rate of 75.3%. Overall, 35.8% of youth reported being physically bullied, 59.3% verbally bullied, 47.5% socially bullied and 30.3% electronically bullied at least once or twice in the previous four weeks. After regression analysis, having a father who works in a professional occupation, doing well in school, and having the perception that parents expect too much from them were found to be independent risk indicators of being bullied. Irrespective of the type of bullying, youth who were bullied were at least twice as likely to suffer from depressed mood.
We have found that bullying is more common for First Nations youth living on-reserve, compared to other Canadian youth. Given that the independent risk indicators also appear to be different, we hope that this new information can aid in the design of effective bullying strategies.
欺凌是普遍存在且多方面的。目前没有专门针对加拿大保留地原住民青年中欺凌现象的文献。本文旨在调查目前居住在保留地的原住民青年群体中欺凌行为的流行程度、风险指标和影响。
萨斯卡通部落委员会（Saskatoon Tribal Council）内的 5 至 8 年级（10 至 16 岁）学生被要求完成一项青年健康调查。在这七所学校中，有 271 名学生符合参与条件。
204 名青年完成了八阶段的同意协议和学校调查，应答率为 75.3%。总体而言，35.8%的青年报告在过去四周内曾遭受过身体欺凌，59.3%的青年报告曾遭受过言语欺凌，47.5%的青年报告曾遭受过社交欺凌，30.3%的青年报告曾遭受过电子欺凌。经过回归分析，父亲从事专业职业、学业成绩良好以及认为父母对他们期望过高，这些都是遭受欺凌的独立风险指标。无论欺凌类型如何，遭受欺凌的青年至少有两倍的可能出现情绪低落。
我们发现，与其他加拿大青年相比，居住在保留地的原住民青年中欺凌现象更为普遍。鉴于独立风险指标似乎也有所不同，我们希望这些新信息能有助于设计有效的欺凌策略。
