School of Public Health, Shantou University, Shantou 515041, China.
Injury Prevention Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 24;20(3):2103. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032103.
Since the end of 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has had serious wide-ranging effects on academic, occupational and other daily activities. Like other types of institutions, schools are facing unprecedented challenges. Students may face a variety of adverse consequences, including sleep disturbances and school bullying, if they are unable to adjust to the current learning and living environment. This study explored the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on school bullying.
A total of 5782 middle school students were enrolled in this multi-stage, cross-sectional study (3071 before and 2711 during the pandemic). The pre-pandemic group had a mean age of 14.9 ± 1.73, the pandemic group of 14.75 ± 1.47. Three models were set up using binary logistic regression to adjust for confounding variables (gender, school type, alcohol consumption, smoking, playing violent video games).
All types of bullying victimization and perpetration (physical, verbal, social and property bullying) were more common during the pandemic than before the pandemic. In terms of bullying victimization, property bullying victimization (crude odds ratio [OR]: 2.398, 95% CI: 2.014-2.854, < 0.001; model 2 adjusted OR: 2.344, 95% CI: 1.966-2.795, < 0.001; model 3 adjusted OR: 2.818, 95% CI: 2.292-3.464, < 0.001) increased the most. In terms of bullying perpetration, verbal bullying perpetration (crude OR: 3.007, 95% CI: 2.448-3.693, <0.001; model 2 adjusted OR: 2.954, 95% CI: 2.399-3.637, < 0.001; model 3 adjusted OR:3.345, 95% CI: 2.703-4.139, < 0.001) increased the most.
This study corroborate the significance of the pandemic on traditional school bullying and suggests that we should further consider other types of bullying and establish and improve the response and prevention mechanisms during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
自 2019 年底以来，COVID-19 大流行对学术、职业和其他日常活动产生了严重的广泛影响。与其他类型的机构一样，学校正面临前所未有的挑战。如果学生无法适应当前的学习和生活环境，他们可能会面临各种不良后果，包括睡眠障碍和学校欺凌。本研究探讨了 COVID-19 大流行对学校欺凌的影响。
本研究采用多阶段、横断面研究纳入了 5782 名中学生（3071 名在大流行前，2711 名在大流行期间）。大流行前组的平均年龄为 14.9±1.73 岁，大流行组为 14.75±1.47 岁。使用二元逻辑回归建立了三个模型，以调整混杂变量（性别、学校类型、饮酒、吸烟、玩暴力视频游戏）。
与大流行前相比，所有类型的欺凌受害（身体、言语、社交和财产欺凌）在大流行期间更为常见。在欺凌受害方面，财产欺凌受害（粗比值比[OR]：2.398，95%可信区间[CI]：2.014-2.854，<0.001；模型 2 调整 OR：2.344，95% CI：1.966-2.795，<0.001；模型 3 调整 OR：2.818，95% CI：2.292-3.464，<0.001）增加最多。在欺凌行为方面，言语欺凌行为（粗 OR：3.007，95% CI：2.448-3.693，<0.001；模型 2 调整 OR：2.954，95% CI：2.399-3.637，<0.001；模型 3 调整 OR：3.345，95% CI：2.703-4.139，<0.001）增加最多。
本研究证实了大流行对传统学校欺凌的重要性，并表明我们应该进一步考虑其他类型的欺凌，并在 COVID-19 等公共卫生紧急情况下建立和完善应对和预防机制。
