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Victims of Bullying among Korean Adolescents: Prevalence and Association with Psychopathology Evaluated Using the Adolescent Mental Health and Problem Behavior Screening Questionnaire-II Standardization Study Data

청소년정서행동발달검사 표준화연구 자료를 활용한 학교폭력 피해 전국유병률 및 관련요인 조사

  • Bhang, Soo-Young (Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Yoo, Han-Ik K. (Seoul Brain Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Hoon (Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Bong-Seog (Department of Psychiatry, Inje University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Young-Sik (Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine and School of Medicine) ;
  • Ahn, Dong-Hyun (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Hanyang University College of Medicine and School of Medicine) ;
  • Suh, Dong-Su (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul Metropolitan Children's Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Soo-Churl (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Hwang, Jun-Won (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kangwon National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Bahn, Geon-Ho (Department of Psychiatry, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine)
  • 방수영 (울산대학교 의과대학 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 유한익 (서울뇌과학연구소) ;
  • 김지훈 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 김봉석 (인제대학교 의과대학 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 이영식 (중앙대학교 의과대학.의학전문대학원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 안동현 (한양대학교 의과대학.의학전문대학원 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 서동수 (서울특별시 어린이병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 조수철 (서울대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 황준원 (강원대학교 의학전문대학원 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 반건호 (경희대학교 의학전문대학원 정신과학교실)
  • Received : 2012.02.10
  • Accepted : 2012.02.16
  • Published : 2012.03.31
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Abstract

Objectives : This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of victims of bullying and the demographic characteristics of victims, and their related psychopathology, in a Korean nationwide sample of youths in middle and high school over a one month period. Methods : During the autumn of 2009, students in the 7th to 12th grades at 23 secondary schools participated in a nationwide, cross-sectional study. The study subjects completed the Adolescent Mental Health and Problem Behavior Screening Questionnaire-II (AMPQ-II) and Symptom Checklist-90-Revision (SCL-90-R). Based on the data acquired, descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients and multiple logistic regression analysis were performed. Results : Among the 3364 participants, 2272 (67.54%) completed the questionnaire. The prevalence of victimization was 28.9%. Male gender was positively associated with victimization, and grade level was negatively related to victimization. The AMPQ-II bullying score (Factor 4) was significantly (p<.001) and positively correlated to the AMPQ-II student total score (r= 0.50), Worry and thought (Factor 1 ; r=0.38), Mood and suicide (Factor 2 ; r=0.31), Academic and Internet-related problems (Factor 3 ; r=0.24), Rule violations (Factor 5 ; r=0.23), and AMPQ-II teacher total score (r=0.11). Somatization (r=0.23), Obsessive-compulsive behavior (r=0.24), Interpersonal sensitivity (r=0.30), Depression (r=0.33), Anxiety (r=0.26), Hostility (r=0.30), Phobic anxiety (r=0.22), Paranoid ideation (r=0.36), and Psychoticism (r=0.31) results from the SCL-90-R were also found to be positively related to the AMPQ-II bullying score, and remained significant after adjusting for age and gender. A total of 26% of the victims reported suicidal ideations as compared to 9% of non-victims over the month prior to the evaluation ($x^2$=119.595, df=1, p<.001). The multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that the AMPQ-II bullying score significantly increased the risk of suicidal ideation [Exp(b)=1.55, df=1, p<.001] after adjusting for age and gender. Conclusion : School bullying was highly prevalent among Korean middle and high school students. This study provided strong evidence that suicidal ideation and psychopathology were serious problems among the victims of bullying.

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