Comparison of bullying behavior among secondary school students in Liaoning Province in 2017 and 2008

Objective To compare the changes of bullying behavior among secondary school students in 2017 and 2008, and to provide a basis for relevant prevention and control.Methods The questionnaire survey was conducted in shenyang, anshan and fuxin cities of liaoning province in 2017 and 2008 respectively, with 2 842 students surveyed in 2017 and 3 052 in 2008.Results Compared with 2008, boys dropped only "be maliciously teasing" in 2017 (P>0.05), "threatened/intimidated" obviously increased (P<0.05), "beaten/kicked/pushed/squeezed/closed ", "be laughed at by physical defects/looks", "asked for property", "intentionally excluded/isolated" all have risen, but the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05); In 2017, the decline of girls was " maliciously teasing " (P> 0.05), " beaten/kicked/pushed/squeezed/closed " slightly decreased (P> 0.05); and " be laughed at by physical defects/looks", " intentionally excluded/isolated ", "threatened/intimidated", "asked for property" has increased, the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05).Conclusion Except for "maliciously teasing", the report rate of other 5 kinds of bullying behaviors among urban secondary school students in Liaoning province have generally increased, especially the " threatened/intimidated " of boys.