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PICO
Question: Among school children, is there an association between bullying and problems in school?
Question type: Description
Study design: Cross-sectional survey
To determine if there is an association between bullying, psychosocial distress, and school problems, University of Washington researchers conducted a cross-sectional study on bullying involvement among seventh, ninth, and eleventh graders in a large urban school district in a west coast US city.
Study data were collected by including questions in the participating school district’s annual student school climate survey. Survey answers were linked to de-identified computerized school records, including data on grade point average, attendance, expulsions, suspensions, and demographic characteristics.
Overall, 5,391 of 6,836 (79%) district students participated in the survey. Students were classified as victims (15%), bullies (7%), bully-victims (reporting victimization and bullying, 4%), or bystanders (no bullying …
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