A ssessing Bullying among Preparatory School Students in Masara District | ||||
Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice | ||||
Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 3, June 2023, Page 191-208 PDF (599.36 K) | ||||
Document Type: Scientific Research Periodical | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/hijnrp.2023.209839.1073 | ||||
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Author | ||||
Naiema Mohamed El-esawy | ||||
community health nursing, faculty of nursing, Helwan university, Cairo, Eygpt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Bullying is a social problem characterized by intentional aggression over time, usually in school contexts and in cyberspace, characterized by intentionality, repetition, and power asymmetry. Bullying victimization during school years is a serious global health problem with those students experiencing bullying having an increased risk of physical, cognitive, and mental health issues. Aim: This study aimed to assess bullying among preparatory school students. Research design: descriptive research design was used in this study. Sample: Simple random sample includes 150 students. Setting: Hudaa Sharawy, El-kholafaa El- Rashedeen and El-Shaheed Ahmed Hamdy preparatory schools. Tool for data collection: one tool includes four parts, 1st part include socio-demographic characteristic, 2nd part assess students’ knowledge about bullying, 3rd part assesses the effect of bullying on students’ health status, 4th part assess students reported practice. Results: it revealed that 54 % of the studied sample had average knowledge while only10% of them had good knowledge. 44.7% of the studied sample had total satisfactory health practices Conclusion: more than half of the studied sample have average knowledge, more than one third of them have satisfactory practice about bullying and there are non-significant association between total knowledge and total practice when P=0.07. Recommendations: Provide prevention program and orientation sessions about bullying for school students | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Bullying; Students; Preparatory School | ||||
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