Prevalence of bullying/victimization behaviors among primary and middle school students and its relationship with breakfast consumption in Henan Province
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2020.12.020
- VernacularTitle:河南省中小学生欺负行为及其与早餐食用的关联性
- Author:
LI Yajun
1
Author Information
1. School of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng(475004), Henan Province, China
- Publication Type:期刊文章
- Keywords:
Violence;
Behavior;
Mental health;
Food habits;
Regression analysis;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2020;41(12):1843-1847
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the prevalence of bullying/victimization behaviors among primary and middle school students and its relationship with breakfast consumption in Henan Province, so as to provide evidence for promoting students physical and mental health.
Methods:By stratified sampling, 103 106 primary and middle school students from 793 primary and middle schools in 45 sample couties (cities and districts) Henan Province were investigated online with Bullying/Victimization Questionnaire and Breakfast Consumption Questionnaire during Feb. to Mar. in 2019.
Results:The prevalences of physical, verbal, relational, cyber bullying and victimization were 4.5%, 9.4%, 4.6%, 3.3% and 11.5%, 25.2%, 16.0%, 14.5%, respectively. There were significant differences in bullying/victimization behaviors among students with different gender, grade, school location, boarding status, academic performance and academic burden(χ2=13.37-5 511.09, P<0.01). The proportion of irregular breakfast consumers was 15.4% and there were significant differences in breakfast consumption among students with different grade, boarding status, academic performance and academic burden(χ2=945.45, 21.96, 3 591.83, 3 208.41, P<0.01). The percentage of irregular breakfast consumers among bullies/victims were higher than those who were not involved(χ2=1 589.99-2 602.78, P<0.01). Logistic regression analysis showed that physical bullying/victimization, relational bullying/victimization, cyber bullying/victimization and verbal victimization could positively predict irregular breakfast consumption(OR=1.27, 1.18, 1.33, 1.15, 1.35, 1.33, 1.21, P<0.01).
Conclusion:Attention should be paid to the bullying/victimization behaviors of primary and middle school students in Henan Province. Getting involved in bullying/victimization was a risk factor for irregular breakfast consumption.
