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Comparison of Self-Report, Peer-Report, and Principal-Report in Bullying Victimization and Perpetration Among Iranian Students

Authors :
Maysam Rezapour
Narges Khanjani
Moghadameh Mirzai
Mina Mohebbi
Source :
International Journal of School Health, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 1-4 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2019.

Abstract

Background: Bullying among adolescences is known as a public health abnormality and studying the prevalence of bullying behaviors using different methods of data gathering can help researchers in surveillance and planning preventions. Objectives: The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of perpetration and victimization of bullying reported by self-report, peer-report, and principle-report. Methods: In this cross-sectional study that was conducted in 2017 - 2018, a total of 1,540 students from 42 schools throughout Mazandaran province completed self- and peer-report questionnaires and 42 principals of 42 schools completed a principal-report questionnaire. The chi-square test was used to compare the prevalence of victimization and perpetration of bullying with self-report, peer-report, and principal-report methods across gender, school types and grade levels. Results: The prevalence of bullies and victims in self-, peer-, and principal-report methods were different (20.2% as victim and 7.8% as a bully for self-report, 9.4% as victim and 8.9% as a bully for peer-report, and 4.3% as victim and 3.1% as a bully for principal-report). Conclusions: This study showed the discrepancy in the prevalence of perpetration and victimization of bullying reported in three measurement methods (self-, peer-, and principal-report) in Iranian schools and suggests the use of multiple assessment methods for bullying behaviors.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23455152 and 23831219
Volume :
6
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
International Journal of School Health
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.0a23045062640a0afc3e11b673f8388
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5812/intjsh.89882