Bjereld Y, Daneback K, Petzold M
Nordic School of Public Health NHV, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Child Care Health Dev. 2015 Jul;41(4):593-9. doi: 10.1111/cch.12184. Epub 2014 Aug 27.
Bullying among children is a problem with severe consequences for the victim. The present study examined parent-reported bullying victimization among children in the Nordic countries at two points in time, 1996 and 2011, and studied differences in prevalence of bullying victimization between immigrant and native children.
Data came from the parent-reported NordChild, carried out in the Nordic countries in 1996 and 2011. NordChild is a serial cross-sectional comparative study. A total of 7107 children aged 7-13 were included in the analyses.
The prevalence of bullying victimization in the total Nordic countries was lower in 2011 (19.2%) than 1996 (21.7%). Difference in prevalence of bullying victimization was found both between native and immigrant children, and between countries. The largest difference in prevalence of bullying victimization was measured in Sweden 2011, where 8.6% of the native children were bullied, to be compared with the 27.8% of the immigrant children. Immigrant children had higher odds to be bullied than native children in Norway, Sweden and in the total Nordic countries at both measurements, also when adjusted for potentially confounding factors.
The higher prevalence of bullying victimization among immigrant children should be taken into consideration in the design and development of preventive work against bullying.
儿童间的欺凌行为是一个给受害者带来严重后果的问题。本研究调查了北欧国家1996年和2011年两个时间点家长报告的儿童受欺凌情况,并研究了移民儿童和本地儿童在受欺凌发生率上的差异。
数据来自1996年和2011年在北欧国家开展的家长报告式的NordChild研究。NordChild是一项系列横断面比较研究。共有7107名7至13岁的儿童纳入分析。
2011年北欧国家总体受欺凌发生率(19.2%)低于1996年(21.7%)。在本地儿童和移民儿童之间以及不同国家之间均发现了受欺凌发生率的差异。2011年瑞典受欺凌发生率差异最大,8.6%的本地儿童受欺凌,而移民儿童这一比例为27.8%。在挪威、瑞典以及整个北欧国家,两次测量时移民儿童受欺凌的几率均高于本地儿童,在对潜在混杂因素进行调整后也是如此。
在设计和开展预防欺凌工作时,应考虑到移民儿童中较高的受欺凌发生率。