@article{ref1,
title="Bullying and health-related quality of life in children and adolescent Mexican students",
journal="Ciencia e Saude Coletiva",
year="2018",
author="Hidalgo-Rasmussen, Carlos Alejandro and Ramírez-López, Guadalupe and Rajmil, Luis and Skalicky, Anne and Martín, Alfredo Hidalgo-San",
volume="23",
number="7",
pages="2433-2441",
abstract="Previous studies have reported a relationship between being a victim of bullying, but no studies have been carried out with Mexican students; notwithstanding the high scores of bullying in Mexico in international rankings. The objective of this study was to analyze the association between being a victim of bullying and lower HRQoL among schoolchildren and adolescents in Mexico. This cross-sectional and correlational study involved 2225 students from 22 elementary, middle and high schools. HRQoL was assessed with the KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaire and bullying with the social adaptation dimension of KIDSCREEN-52. Bivariate associations were evaluated, and a multivariate logistic regression was utilized. The prevalence of victims of bullying was 17.3%. Being a victim of bullying was double the risk of having a lower HRQoL than not being a victim after adjusting for health perception, gender and age, OR 2.3 (1.7-3.1). As the Wilson and Cleary Model of Quality of Life explains, individual characteristics, such as, being a victim of bullying are associated with quality of life. Similar findings in the existing literature imply that bullying is a global phenomenon that impacts the victimized child or adolescent's life in different ways.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1413-8123",
doi="10.1590/1413-81232018237.16392016",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232018237.16392016"
}