Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health of Adolescents Involved in School Bullying and Homophobic Verbal Content Bullying

Natalia Albaladejo-Blázquez, Rosario Ferrer-Cascales, Nicolás Ruiz-Robledillo, Miriam Sánchez-SanSegundo, Manuel Fernández-Alcántara, Elisa Delvecchio and Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla
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Natalia Albaladejo-Blázquez: Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Rosario Ferrer-Cascales: Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Nicolás Ruiz-Robledillo: Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Miriam Sánchez-SanSegundo: Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Manuel Fernández-Alcántara: Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Elisa Delvecchio: Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education; Università degli Studi di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla: BioCruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital Barakaldo, 48903 Bizkaia, Spain

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 14, 1-12

Abstract: Bullying has been traditionally related to a significant reduction in well-being and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of adolescents. This negative impact on HRQoL seems to be modulated by the developed role in bullying (uninvolved, bully, victim or bully-victim). However, no studies have identified if these negative results are the same when other types of bullying, such as homophobic bullying, are evaluated. The main aim of the present study was to analyze the prevalence of different roles of bullying and homophobic bullying and the relationship between these roles in both types of bullying with HRQoL, depression and anxiety levels in a sample of 1723 Spanish adolescents. Although results exhibited lower prevalence of homophobic bullying roles when compared to traditionally bullying in general, in the case of victims, the prevalence was high in the case of homophobic bullying. When differences between roles in HRQoL, depression and anxiety were evaluated, in both types of bullying, uninvolved adolescents showed the best results and bully-victim adolescents the worst. The obtained results suppose an improvement in the understanding of the negative effects of different types of bullying on HRQoL and mental health in adolescents. Future research could advance in this comprehension, analyzing possible differences with other types of bullying, such as cyberbullying.

Keywords: bullying; homophobic verbal content bullying; homophobic name-calling; Health-Related Quality of Life; protective factors; adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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