School Bullying in Urban China: Prevalence and Correlation with School Climate

Ziqiang Han, Guirong Zhang and Haibo Zhang
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Ziqiang Han: Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
Guirong Zhang: School of Public Administration, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Haibo Zhang: School of Government, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China

IJERPH, 2017, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-13

Abstract: School violence and bullying in China is under investigated, though it has become a national concern recently. Using updated national representative survey data collected in 2016 from seven provinces across China, covering students from all pre-college school types (primary, middle, high and vocational schools), this paper analyzes the prevalence of school bullying and the correlation with several school attributes. The incidences of reported bullying, bullying others and witnessing bullying are 26.10%, 9.03% and 28.90%, respectively. Primary school students are more likely to be involved in bullying behaviors. Students from elite schools (leading schools) are also more likely to be involved. Relation with teachers, relation with peers and perceived academic achievement are protective factors. Being a boy is the only significant predictor of school bullying among the family and demographic characteristics used. The results highlight the importance of school climate on preventing school violence and bullying, and a whole-school intervention approach is needed for future intervention.

Keywords: school bullying; victim; perpetration; witness; China; school climate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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