@article{article_455425, title={Exposure of Students to Bullying in A Secondary School and Evaluation of Related Factors}, journal={Sakarya Tıp Dergisi}, volume={9}, pages={74–83}, year={2019}, DOI={10.31832/smj.455425}, author={Nazlıcan, Ersin and Çelik, Gonca Gül and Akbaba, Muhsin and Okyay, Ramazan Azim and Kurt, Burak and Yolga Tahiroğlu, Ayşegül}, keywords={Student,depression}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Objective: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> Bullying that influences health and many
health related behaviors in adolescences can lead to negative changes on their
behaviors even in the later periods of life. The aim of this study is to
evaluate the cases of exposure to bullying, depression, anxiety state,
relations with the family and school success among the students in a middle
school in Adana. </span> </p> <p> <br /> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Methods: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> This cross-sectional study was carried out
among middle school students at 6 <sup>th </sup>, 7 <sup>th </sup> and 8 <sup>th </sup>
grade in the city of Adana. The survey form applied to the students included
socio-demographic attributes, Child Depression Scale, STAI Scale, California
Bullying Victimization Scale, Family Assessment Scale and Conners Teacher
Rating Scale. </span> </p> <p> <br /> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Results: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">The number of students at 6 <sup>th </sup>, 7 <sup>th </sup>
and 8 <sup>th </sup> grade was 53 (44,5%), 29 (24,4%) and 37 (31,1%) respectively
. 33 of the students (27,7%) in the study were victims of peer bullying.
Students who were subject to violence at home, at lower year levels and with
non-graduate mothers were more exposed to bullying. The ones exposed to
bullying were detected to have high levels of depression anxiety and
hyperactivity. </span> </p> <p> <br /> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Discussion: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">School bullying is an issue which is
common all over the world and should not be underestimated. This study has
ascertained that children exposed to bullying have high levels of anxiety and
incidence of depression, also these children were found to be more hyperactive. </span> </p> <p> <br /> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Sakarya University}