Fenny Omobolanle, Falola Michael I
Troy University, AL, USA.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2020 Apr;64(5):564-585. doi: 10.1177/0306624X20902045. Epub 2020 Feb 5.
School bullying has received considerable criminological, psychological, educational, and governmental attention. However, much of the attention is focused on bullying in western, Asian, and Scandinavian countries. There appears to be scant, if any, attention paid to this problem on the African continent. Using cross-sectional data from a sample of 1,192 junior secondary school (middle school) students in Nigeria, this study examines the prevalence and correlates of bullying in this sample of secondary school students in Nigeria. Bullying prevalence rate in this sample was 59.9%. The study finds that males were more likely to bully than females, and the most prevalent form of bullying behavior for both genders was making fun of someone. Correlates for bullying perpetration were association with delinquent friends, negative school climate, attending a private school, and ethnicity.
校园欺凌已受到犯罪学、心理学、教育学及政府部门的广泛关注。然而，大部分关注集中在西方、亚洲及斯堪的纳维亚国家的校园欺凌现象。非洲大陆似乎对此问题鲜有关注（即便有也极少）。本研究利用来自尼日利亚1192名初中学生样本的横断面数据，调查了尼日利亚中学生样本中校园欺凌的发生率及其相关因素。该样本中校园欺凌的发生率为59.9%。研究发现，男生比女生更有可能实施欺凌行为，且男女最常见的欺凌行为形式均为取笑他人。欺凌行为的相关因素包括与不良少年交往、负面的学校氛围、就读私立学校以及种族。
