Delia Nursel Türkmen1, Mihai Halis Dokgöz1, Suzana Semra Akgöz2, Bogdan Nicolae Bülent Eren3, Horatiu Pınar Vural4, Horatiu Oğuz Polat5. 1. Uludağ University, Medical Faculty, Department of Forensic Medicine, Council of Forensic Medicine, Bursa Morgue Department, Bursa, Turkey. 2. Çanakkale 18 Mart University, Medical Faculty, Department of Biostatistics, Çanakkale, Turkey. 3. Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey, Bursa Morgue Department, Bursa, Turkey. 4. Uludag University, Medical Faculty, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Bursa,Turkey. 5. Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Social Studies Applied Unıt, Begun Violence Prevention and Research Center, Cleveland-Ohio, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The main aim of this research is to investigate the prevalence of bullying behaviour, its victims and the types of bullying and places of bullying among 14-17 year-old adolescents in a sample of school children in Bursa, Turkey. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional survey questionnaire was conducted among class 1 and class 2 high school students for identification bullying. RESULTS: Majority (96.7%) of the students were involved in bullying behaviours as aggressors or victims. For a male student, the likelihood of being involved in violent behaviours was detected to be nearly 8.4 times higher when compared with a female student. CONCLUSION: a multidisciplinary approach involving affected children, their parents, school personnel, media, non-govermental organizations, and security units is required to achieve an effective approach for the prevention of violence targeting children in schools as victims and/or perpetrators.
OBJECTIVE: The main aim of this research is to investigate the prevalence of bullying behaviour, its victims and the types of bullying and places of bullying among 14-17 year-old adolescents in a sample of school children in Bursa, Turkey. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional survey questionnaire was conducted among class 1 and class 2 high school students for identification bullying. RESULTS: Majority (96.7%) of the students were involved in bullying behaviours as aggressors or victims. For a male student, the likelihood of being involved in violent behaviours was detected to be nearly 8.4 times higher when compared with a female student. CONCLUSION: a multidisciplinary approach involving affected children, their parents, school personnel, media, non-govermental organizations, and security units is required to achieve an effective approach for the prevention of violence targeting children in schools as victims and/or perpetrators.