Objective To explore the status quo and influencing factors of school bullying with primary and middle school students in Shanghai, and to provide evidence for relevant intervention work.
Methods A multi-stage stratified cluster sampling method was used to conduct an anonymous questionnaire survey of 8 874 middle school students from the fourth grade of primary schools to the third grade of senior high schools, covering 36 schools altogether in the city.
Results The rate of school bullying reported by primary and secondary school students in Shanghai was 4.7%.Male students were significantly higher than female students in report rate.The primary school students reported the highest rate, followed by junior high school students and high school students reported the lowest.The highest rate of bullying type was being teased maliciously by others, accounting for 2.6%; and 1.7% of students suffered from more than two types of school bullying; they were often exposed to risk factors for being bullied on campus, such as parental beating and scolding, internet addiction, alcohol and tobacco behavior, and their family reorganization could be a risk factor too.
Conclusion There are school bullying behaviors with primary and middle school students in this city.Psychological/verbal bullying is the main type.Targeted interventions should be adopted in consideration of the characteristics of students′ physical and mental development and the type of bullying, combined with relevant risk behavior factors.Intervention of school bullying should be incorporated into the comprehensive adolescent health risk behavior intervention system.
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