Bullied Children and Psychosomatic Problems: A Meta-analysis
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Background and objective A previous meta-analysis showed that being bullied during childhood is related to psychosomatic problems, but many other studies have been published since then, including some longitudinal studies. We performed a new meta-analysis to quantify the association between peer victimization and psychosomatic complaints in the school-aged population. Methods We searched online databases up to April 2012, and bibliographies of retrieved studies and of narrative reviews, for studies that examined the association between being bullied and psychosomatic complaints in children and adolescents. The original search identified 119 nonduplicated studies, of which 30 satisfied the prestated inclusion criteria. Results Two separate random effects meta-analyses were performed on 6 longitudinal studies (odds ratio = 2.39, 95% confidence interval, 1.76 to 3.24) and 24 cross-sectional studies (odds ratio = 2.17, 95% confidence interval, 1.91 to 2.46), respectively. Results showed that bullied children and adolescents have a significantly higher risk for psychosomatic problems than non-bullied agemates. In the cross-sectional studies, the magnitude of effect size significantly decreased with the increase of the proportion of female participants in the study sample. No other moderators were statistically significant. Conclusions The association between being bullied and psychosomatic problems was confirmed. Given that school bullying is a widespread phenomenon in many countr…
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Bullied students are more likely to be absent from school and less motivated academically.
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- Authors
- Gini, G., & Pozzoli, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Padua (IT)
- Venue
- Pediatrics
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Published
- 2013-10-01
- Volume
- 132
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 720-729
- ISSN
- 0031-4005 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-4275
- OpenAlex
- W2163294787
- Cited by
- 432
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 44 · 2018: 44 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 33 · 2015: 23 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 3.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- PEDIATRICS (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Keywords
- school bullying, peer victimization, psychosomatic symptoms, children, adolescents, gender differences, public health problem
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Psychophysiologic Disorders, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Crime Victims, Bullying
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