Arhin Diane Korkor, Oppong Asante Kwaku, Kugbey Nuworza, Oti-Boadi Mabel
Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 84, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Institute for Psychosocial Research on Child and Adolescent Wellbeing, Accra, Ghana.
BMC Res Notes. 2019 May 10;12(1):264. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4300-6.
One of the pervasive problems in schools that has adverse implication on the wellbeing of students, is bullying victimisation. However, within sub-Saharan Africa, only few studies have examined how psychological distress influences bullying victimisation. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between bullying victimization and psychological distress among school going adolescents in Ghana.
One hundred and ninety-eight (198) male and female students completed a series of self-report questionnaires measuring psychological distress (anxiety, stress and depression) and bullying victimisation in a cross-sectional survey. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and standard multiple regression were used to analyse the data. Findings revealed that bullying victimisation was positively associated with all the domains of psychological distress: depression (r = 0.35, p < 0.001), anxiety (r = 0.30, p < 0.001) and stress (r = 0.35, p < 0.001). Further analysis found depression to be the only significant predictor of bullying victimisation (β = 0.20; t = 2.01; p < 0.05). Taking into consideration that bullying victimization is a major problem among adolescents in schools, anti-bullying programmes should be implemented as this may promote improved wellbeing of school-going adolescents in Ghana.
校园中普遍存在的一个对学生幸福产生不利影响的问题是受欺凌。然而，在撒哈拉以南非洲地区，只有少数研究考察了心理困扰如何影响受欺凌情况。本研究的目的是探讨加纳在校青少年中受欺凌与心理困扰之间的关联。
在一项横断面调查中，198名男女学生完成了一系列自我报告问卷，这些问卷测量了心理困扰（焦虑、压力和抑郁）以及受欺凌情况。使用皮尔逊积差相关系数和标准多元回归分析数据。研究结果显示，受欺凌与心理困扰的所有领域均呈正相关：抑郁（r = 0.35，p < 0.001）、焦虑（r = 0.30，p < 0.001）和压力（r = 0.35，p < 0.001）。进一步分析发现，抑郁是受欺凌的唯一显著预测因素（β = 0.20；t = 2.01；p < 0.05）。鉴于受欺凌是学校青少年中的一个主要问题，应实施反欺凌计划，因为这可能促进加纳在校青少年的幸福感提升。
