Naveed Sadiq, Waqas Ahmed, Aedma Kapil Kiran, Afzaal Tayyaba, Majeed Muhammad Hassan
Kansas University Medical Center, Kanvas, USA.
CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore Cantt, Pakistan.
BMC Res Notes. 2019 Apr 2;12(1):198. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4236-x.
We examined the association of bullying experiences with depressive symptoms and psychosocial functioning among children and adolescents in rural Pakistan. A total of 452 school-going children in Nawabshah, Pakistan were conveniently interviewed to assess rates of bullying experiences and severity of depressive symptoms. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents.
Experience of victimization was reported by 130 (28.8%) and perpetration by (146, 32.3%). A total of 162 (35.80%) reported mild depressive symptoms, 88 (19.50%) moderate, 33 (7.30%) moderately severe and 19 (4.20%) severe depressive symptoms. Age was not associated with patterns of bullying other than pure bully perpetration (.12, P = .024). Both victims and perpetrators of bullying experienced adverse emotional and social consequences. Bully-perpetrators exhibited the greater severity of depressive symptoms due to distress in psychosocial functioning.
我们研究了巴基斯坦农村地区儿童和青少年中欺凌经历与抑郁症状及心理社会功能之间的关联。对巴基斯坦纳瓦布沙阿的452名在校儿童进行了方便抽样访谈,以评估欺凌经历的发生率和抑郁症状的严重程度。使用青少年患者健康问卷评估抑郁症状。
130名(28.8%)报告有受欺凌经历,146名(32.3%)报告有欺凌他人行为。共有162名(35.80%)报告有轻度抑郁症状,88名(19.50%)为中度,33名(7.30%)为中重度,19名(4.20%)为重度抑郁症状。除了单纯的欺凌行为外,年龄与欺凌模式无关(.12,P = 0.024)。欺凌行为的受害者和实施者都经历了不良的情绪和社会后果。欺凌者由于心理社会功能方面的困扰,表现出更严重的抑郁症状。