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0032/2024 - IS BULLYING ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADOLESCENTS?
PRATICAR BULLYING ESTÁ ASSOCIADO COM COMPORTAMENTOS DE RISCO À SAÚDE E QUALIDADE DE VIDA EM ADOLESCENTES?

Author:

• Ana Beatriz Pacífico - Pacífico, A. B. - <ana_pacifico@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9719-0792

Co-author(s):

• Eliane Denise Araújo Bacil - Bacil, E. D. A. - <elianebacil@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-395X
• Thiago Silva Piola - Piola, T. S. - <tspthiago@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6081-0510
• Michael Pereira da Silva - Silva , M. P. - <prof.mpsilva@outlook.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7628-3997
• Fabio Fontana - Fontana, F. - <fabio.fontana@uni.edu>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4473-3364
• Jhonatan Gritten Campos - Campos, J. G. - <jhonatantec@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3039-2688
• Ademar Avelar - Avelar, A. - <ademaravelar@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9562-7230
• Wagner de Campos - de Campos, W. - <campos@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3979-1017


Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between bullying perpetration, health-risk behavior, and quality of life in adolescent boys and girls from the city of Maringá, Paraná. METHODS: A representative sample of 1020 adolescents participated in the study. This study evaluated, through self-reported questionnaires, bullying, health-risk behavior, perception of quality of life, and economic status of these adolescents. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were obtained through binary logistic regression and ordinal logistic regression, both crude and adjusted, with a significance level set at p<0.05. RESULTS: Male bullying perpetrators were 2.2 (95% CI=1.4-3.4) and 2.0 (95% CI=1.2-3.2) times more likely to consume alcohol and engage in physical activity compared to non-bullying males. Female bullying perpetrators were 2.1 (95% CI=1.3-3.5), 3.6 (95% CI=1.3-10.1), 1.8 (95% CI=1.1-2.9), and 2.7 (95% CI=1.1-6.3) times more likely to smoke, use illicit drugs, be addicted to smartphones, and have poorer sleep quality. Furthermore, these girls have a 60% higher chance (OR=0.4, CI%=0.3-08) of having a worse perception of life quality, respectively, compared to non-perpetrating females. CONCLUSION: Being a perpetrator of bullying may be associated with health-risk behavior for both boys and girls but may also be linked to lower quality of life, especially for girls.

Keywords:

Bullying, health risk behavior, quality of life; adolescent.

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Pacífico, A. B., Bacil, E. D. A., Piola, T. S., Silva , M. P., Fontana, F., Campos, J. G., Avelar, A., de Campos, W.. IS BULLYING ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADOLESCENTS?. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2024/Feb). [Citado em 12/04/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/is-bullying-associated-with-health-risk-behaviors-and-quality-of-life-in-adolescents/19080



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