OBJECTIVES: To examine whether bullying is a risk factor for psychological distress among
children in poor, urban South Africa. To determine risk and protective factors for bullying …

Bullying victimisation has been prospectively linked with mental health problems among
children and adolescents in longitudinal studies in the developed world. However, research …

South African children and adolescents living in HIV/AIDS-affected families are at elevated
risk of both symptoms of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Poverty and HIV/AIDS-related …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence of bullying behavior in adolescents from Cape
Town and Durban, South Africa, and the association of these behaviors with levels of …

Topic Bullying among A frican A merican adolescents. Purpose This article reviews the
current literature on bullying and victimization among A frican A merican adolescents. It …

Background: Among school-attending adolescents, victimization from bullying is associated
with anxiety, depression and poor academic performance. There are limited reports on …

Background Over the past few years, there has been growing public and research interest in
adolescents' experiences with various forms of bullying victimisation because of their …

This study investigated the prevalence of bullying at schools in the Greater Beirut Area and
the extent to which differences in children's sociodemographics, family and school …

Little is known about risk and protective factors for emotional and physical child abuse in
South Africa. Existing research has focused largely on sexual abuse and relied on …

Objective One of the pervasive problems in schools that has adverse implication on the
wellbeing of students, is bullying victimisation. However, within sub-Saharan Africa, only few …