Correlation Between School Bullying And Psychotic-like Experiences Of Junior School Students

Objective: This paper describes the current situation of different types and roles of school bullying among junior high school students in Hunan Province,understands the reporting rate of psychotic-like experiences,analyzes the influencing factors of psychotic-like experiences,and explores the psychotic-like experiences of different types of bullying and different bullying roles among junior school students in Hunan Province.More specific guidance on school bullying and adolescent mental health interventions.Methods: The multiply stage cluster random sampling method was used.Personal and family information of participants was collected by using self-made questionnaires.The Chinese version of Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire and Cyberbullying Victimization Scale were used to determine the types and roles of school bullying.Students’ psychotic-like experiences was investigated by The Simplified Version of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences.Results: Among the 4360 junior school students surveyed,the reporting rates of verbal bullying,physical bullying,relationship bullying,and cyberbullying were 15.4%(95%CI: 14.4%～16.5%),5.6%(95%CI:4.9%～6.3%),7.4%(95%CI: 4.9%～6.3%),respectively;Pure bullies accounted for 1.9%(95%CI: 1.5%～2.3%),pure victims accounted for14.8%(95%CI: 13.8%～15.9%),and bully-victims accounted for 4.5%(95%CI: 3.9%～5.2%),the proportion of uninvolved was 78.8%(95%CI:77.6%～80.0%).The reporting rate of psychotic-like experiences among junior school students was 64.3%(95%CI: 62.8%～65.7%),the reporting rate of frequent psychotic-like experiences was 20.1%(95%CI:18.7%～21.1%);gender,grade,whether left-behind children,whether or not migrant children,family economic status,mother’s education level are the influencing factors of psychotic-like experiences.Verbal bullying,relationship bullying and cyberbullying are independent influencing factors of psychotic-like experiences.The risk of psychotic-like experiences suffered by verbal bullying(OR=2.11,95%CI: 1.70～2.63),relationship bullying(OR=1.75,95%CI: 1.26～2.44)and cyberbullying(OR=6.11,95%CI: 3.35～11.17)is higher than that of students who did not suffer corresponding bullying types.The increased number of bullying types was associated with a higher risk of psychotic-like experiences(OR=1.89,95%CI: 1.68～2.13).Compared with those who were not bullied,those who suffered from 4 types of bullying at the same time had the highest risk of psychotic-like experiences(OR=6.80,95%CI:2.06～22.42).Different bullying roles were also independent determinants of psychotic-like experiences.Bully-victims(OR=3.55,95%CI: 2.40～5.26),pure bullies(OR=3.32,95%CI: 1.87～5.89)and pure victims(OR=2.82,95%CI: 2.28～3.47)were at higher risk for psychotic-like experiences than uninvolved.Conclusion: There are differences in the psychotic-like experiences of different types of bullying and different roles among junior school students.Among different bullying types,students who suffer from cyberbullying have the highest risk of detecting psychotic-like experiences.And the adolescents who suffered from multiple types of bullying had a higher risk for psychotic-like experiences than those with single bullying victimization.Among different bullying roles,the bully-victims is a high-risk group for detecting psychotic-like experiences,and targeted preventive measures should be carried out according to different types and roles of bullying.