Pauline W. Jansen|Marina Verlinden|Anke Dommisse-van Berkel|Cathelijne L. Mieloo|Jan van der Ende|René Veenstra|Frank C. Verhulst|Wilma Jansen|Henning Tiemeier
Prevalence of bullying and victimization among children in early elementary school: Do family and school neighbourhood socioeconomic status matter?
Erasmus MC|Erasmus MC|GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond|GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond|Erasmus MC|University of Groningen|Erasmus MC|GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond|Erasmus MC
bullying victimization widespread phenomena childhood serious impact wellbeing children families low socioeconomic background increased risk behaviour unknown whether socioeconomic status ses school neighbourhoods also related bullying behaviour furthermore previous bullying research mainly focused older children adolescents remains unclear extent bullying victimization affects lives younger children aim study examine prevalence socioeconomic disparities bullying behaviour among young elementary school children study part populationbased survey netherlands teacher reports bullying behaviour indicators ses families schools available 6379 children aged 56 years onethird children involved bullying bullies 17 bullyvictims 13 less pure victims 4 indicators low family ses poor school neighbourhood ses associated increased risk bully bullyvictim parental educational level indicator ses related victimization influence school neighbourhood ses bullying attenuated statistical nonsignificance adjusted family ses bullying victimization already common problems early elementary school children socioeconomically disadvantaged families rather children visiting schools disadvantaged neighbourhoods particularly high risk involvement bullying findings suggest need timely bullying preventions interventions special focus children families low socioeconomic background future studies necessary evaluate effectiveness programs