• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Bullying and psychosocial adjustment among children with and without asthma
  • Beteiligte: Runions, Kevin C.; Cross, Donna S.; Vithiatharan, Rena; Everard, Mark; Hall, Graham
  • Erschienen: SAGE Publications, 2021
  • Erschienen in: Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 31 (2021) 1, Seite 36-45
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1017/jgc.2020.32
  • ISSN: 2055-6365; 2055-6373
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Children with asthma face serious mental health risk, but the pathways remain unclear. This study aimed to examine bullying victimisation and perpetration in children with asthma and a comparison sample without a chronic health condition, and the role of bullying in moderating psychosocial adjustment outcomes for those with asthma. A sample of children with (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 24) and without asthma (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 39), and their parents, were recruited from hospital clinics. Parents rated children’s psychosocial adjustment; children provided self-report of bullying victimisation and perpetration; from which co-occurring bully/victim status was derived. No differences in mean perpetration or victimisation were found, but children with asthma were more likely to be bully/victims (involved both as target and perpetrator), compared to those without asthma. Children with asthma who were victims of bullying had greater peer problems and overall adjustment problems; bully/victims did not show this pattern. Children with asthma may be more likely to be bully/victims, and those who are victims of bullying may be at elevated risk for psychosocial adjustment problems and require particular support in this area from school counsellors and psychologists.</jats:p>