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MA Shuang, CHEN Jingqi, LV Linjing, WU Junzhen, GUO Suying. Childhood peer physical violence victimization and its association with health-related risk behaviors in adolescents[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2018, 39(4): 566-569. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2018.04.025
Citation: MA Shuang, CHEN Jingqi, LV Linjing, WU Junzhen, GUO Suying. Childhood peer physical violence victimization and its association with health-related risk behaviors in adolescents[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2018, 39(4): 566-569. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2018.04.025

Childhood peer physical violence victimization and its association with health-related risk behaviors in adolescents

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2018.04.025
  • Publish Date: 2018-04-25
  • Objective To investigate the prevalence of childhood peer physical violence victimization and to explore its associations with health-related risk behaviors in adolescents.Methods A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted in adolescents from two higher vocational schools in Beijing and Henan province.Results Of the 1 349 students surveyed,29.43%reported having suffered one or more of the following peer physical violence victimization in primaiy school or secondary school:24.31% being beaten by hand,16.38% being hit by books or stationery and 5.86% being beaten with sticks or other items.The prevalence was significantly higher in boys than girls (43.22% vs.17.20%).Multivariate analysis showed that being male(OR =3.390),living without the company of both parents most of the time before 16 years old(OR=1.377) and having lower social economic status(OR =1.446) were risk factors for peer physical violence victimization.Logistic regression analysis indicated that,compared with respondents who reported no childhood peer physical violence victimization experiences,those who reported childhood peer physical violence victimization experiences were at significantly increased risk of many health-related risk behaviors,eg.feeling sad or hopeless(OR =2.232),suicidal ideation(OR =3.835),suicidal attempt(OR =3.587),getting drunk(OR =1.376),fighting (OR=1.930) during the past 12 months,smoking(OR=1.559),drinking(OR=1.421),unhealthy weight loss behaviors(OR=2.617-2.853) during the past 30 days and depressive symptoms(OR=2.763) after adjusting for general demographic factors.Conclusion Child who survived peer physical violence victimization in primary and secondary school is risk behaviors in adolescence,suggesting that awareness be raised of the impact of campus violence on the psychological health of the victimized children and attention should be paid to the prevention of campus violence.
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