Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
BMC Pediatr. 2023 Aug 16;23(1):400. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04227-3.
School bullying is a wide-spread phenomenon that manifests in various forms. It has both short-term and long-term devastating consequences on physical, mental and social wellbeing. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including Qatar, has a relatively high prevalence of school bullying. This research aims at identifying the prevalence of bullying, particularly unsafe environments were bullying takes place, and its attributes at schools in Qatar.
In a cross-sectional study, 980 students from 10 schools in Qatar completed an anonymous self-completion standardized questionnaire to assess the different aspects of bullying from school students' point of view.
The prevalence of bullying victimization and perpetration was found to be 41.0% and 31.7% among school students in Qatar, respectively. Classroom (67.5%) and hallways (64.8%) were the most frequently indicated environments of bullying whereas library was the least indicated one (28.3%). Verbal bullying was the most used type of bullying by students. Overall, students in Qatar believe that bullying is considerably a significant issue at their schools, yet schools are safe place for them to be in. Gender, age, ethnicity, school grade and years living in Qatar showed significant differences among the students.
School bullying is a serious, yet a manageable global problem. Our findings re-demonstrated the alarming high prevalence of school bullying in Qatar, highlighted student related and school related factors which have implications for future multidimensional action and research and recommended measures to foster safety at school.
校园欺凌是一种广泛存在的现象，表现形式多样。它对身心健康和社交福祉都有着短期和长期的破坏性影响。包括卡塔尔在内的中东和北非（MENA）地区，校园欺凌现象较为普遍。本研究旨在确定卡塔尔学校中欺凌行为的流行程度、特别是欺凌行为发生的不安全环境及其特征。
在一项横断面研究中，来自卡塔尔 10 所学校的 980 名学生完成了一份匿名自我完成的标准化问卷，从学生的角度评估了欺凌行为的不同方面。
在卡塔尔的学生中，欺凌受害和欺凌实施的发生率分别为 41.0%和 31.7%。教室（67.5%）和走廊（64.8%）是最常发生欺凌行为的环境，而图书馆则是最少发生的环境（28.3%）。言语欺凌是学生最常使用的欺凌类型。总体而言，卡塔尔的学生认为欺凌行为在他们的学校是一个相当严重的问题，但学校对他们来说是一个安全的地方。性别、年龄、种族、学校年级和在卡塔尔居住的年限在学生中存在显著差异。
校园欺凌是一个严重但可管理的全球性问题。我们的研究结果再次表明，卡塔尔校园欺凌的流行率很高，突出了与学生和学校相关的因素，这些因素对未来的多维行动和研究具有启示意义，并建议采取措施在学校营造安全环境。
