The Prevalence of Bullies and Victims Associate with Gender and Grade of the Secondary School Students in Shah Alam, Malavsia

摘要

Background & Aims: Bullying is a continuous and deliberate misuse of power repeatedly with intends to cause physical, emotional, and psychological harm to someone. It's found that there are four significant types of bullying which are physical bullying, social bullying, verbal bullying, and cyberbullying. This study to identify the prevalence of bullies and victims associated with the gender and grade of the secondary school students in Shah Alam. Materials & Methods: In a cross-sectional survey, 307 students of form 1, 2, and 4 from 10 selected secondary schools in Shah Alam completed a self-reported questionnaire related to bullying and victimization. Results: A total of 64.5% of students are bullies, and another result showed that 78.8% of the students are victims. Cyberbullying is the highest for both bullies (22.1%) and victims (21.5%). There is a strong correlation between gender with a bully's prevalence (p = 0.005), but there is no correlation between gender with a victim's prevalence (p = 0.878). The association of grade with the prevalence of bullies and victims is significant (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, respectively). Conclusion: It showed that cyberbullying is a common type of bullying. Boys tend to be bullies, but girls tend to become victims. Form 2 and Form 4 students have a high prevalence of bullies and victims rather than form 1 students.