Bullying victimization: A risk factor of health problems among adolescents with XXXX .

@entity1 @entity393 @entity458
OBJECTIVE: To find bullying victimisation as a predictor of physical and @entity458 among school-going @entity1 with @entity393 . METHODS: The co-relational cross-sectional study was conducted in Gujrat district of Pakistan's Punjab province from August 2014 to January 2015, and comprised adolescents with @entity393 . The subjects were selected through multi-stage stratified proportionate sampling from the local schools. Two standardised instruments were administered to assess the relationship between bullying and health problems. Multidimensional Peer Victimisation Scale was used for measuring bullying behaviour, while the Health Questionnaire was used to assess physical and @entity458 . Both scales were translated into Urdu using lexicon equivalence method of translation. RESULTS: Of the 286 subjects, 183(64%) were @entity1 . A significant positive relationship was found between the four components of bullying and health problems (p<0.05 each). @entity1 experienced more physical victimisation than @entity1 (p<0.05), but there was no significant difference between @entity1 and @entity1 in social manipulation (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: @entity1 with @entity393 experienced bullying just like those without such an impairment. Bullying needs to be considered a significant public health issue and should be dealt with effectively.
