Bradshaw, Jonathan Richard orcid.org/0000-0001-9395-6754, Rees, Gwyther, Crous, Gemma et al. (1 more author) (2017) Comparing children's experiences of schools-based bullying across countries,. Children and Youth Services Review. pp. 171-180. ISSN 0190-7409
Abstract
We make use of a newly-available international data set from a survey of children aged 8 to 12 years old across 16 diverse countries to explore variations in rates of schools-based bullying of children and the associations between experiences of being bullied and child subjective well-being, both within and between countries. The analysis is consistent with previous international studies in showing very substantial variation in rates of bullying at the country level. There are also between-country variations in the rates of different types of bullying. In terms of individual variations, we find significant variations in the likelihood of being bullied according to age, gender and deprivation, although the influence of these factors varies by country. There was no apparent link at a country-level between rates of bullying and mean life satisfaction scores. On the other hand, in almost all countries, children who had been bullied had significantly lower subjective well-being than children who had not. However there were substantial differences in the strength of association across countries. We find some tentative evidence to suggest that being bullied may make a greater contribution to explaining variations in child subjective well-being in rich countries than in poor countries. The implications of the findings and directions for future research are discussed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Bullying,Comparative research,Happiness,Subjective well-being |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Social Policy and Social Work (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2017 09:15 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 13:30 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.06.060 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.06.060 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:118596 |
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