Prevalence of School Bullying Among Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
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The true extent of school bullying among youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) remains an underexplored area. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to: (a) assess the proportion of school-aged youth with ASD involved in school bullying as perpetrators, victims or both; (b) examine whether the observed prevalence estimates vary when different sources of heterogeneity related to the participants' characteristics and to the assessment methods are considered; and (c) compare the risk of school bullying between youth with ASD and their typically developing (TD) peers. A systematic literature search was performed and 17 studies met the inclusion criteria. The resulting pooled prevalence estimate for general school bullying perpetration, victimization and both was 10%, 44%, and 16%, respectively. Pooled prevalence was also estimated for physical, verbal, and relational school victimization and was 33%, 50%, and 31%, respectively. Moreover, subgroup analyses showed significant variations in the pooled prevalence by geographic location, school setting, information source, type of measures, assessment time frame, and bullying frequency criterion. Finally, school-aged youth with ASD were found to be at greater risk of school victimization in general, as well as verbal bullying, than their TD peers. Autism Res 2016, 9: 601-615. © 2015 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Autistic people experience frequent bullying and other forms of victimisation.
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- Authors
- Maïano, C., Normand, C. L., Salvas, M., Moullec, G., & Aimé, A.
- Affiliations
- Université du Québec en Outaouais (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Maïano, Christophe
- Venue
- Autism Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-10-09
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 601-615
- ISSN
- 1939-3792 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-3806
- OpenAlex
- W1942667353
- Cited by
- 323
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 33 · 2025: 44 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 1.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Autism Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (430-2012-0091, 435-2014-0909)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Keywords
- school bullying, autism spectrum disorder, bullying perpetration, bullying victimization, bullying prevalence, verbal bullying, physical bullying, relational bullying, typically developing peers, school-age adolescents
- MeSH terms
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Humans, Peer Group, Risk, United States, Prevalence, Bullying
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