Research Article

Bullying and Its Associated Factors among School-Aged Adolescents in Thailand

Table 1

Sample characteristics among adolescents in Thailand, 2008.

Total
(100%)
Males
(46.8%)
Females
(53.2%)

Age (years)
 ≤12466 (17.0)201 (15.6)265 (18.2)
 13840 (29.5)407 (30.9)433 (28.1)
 14870 (28.7)443 (30.3)427 (27.2)
 ≥15582 (24.9)313 (23.2)269 (26.5)
Bullying
 Being bullied in the past month679 (27.8)383 (32.9)296 (23.2)
 Among those who were bullied, the most common type of bullying
 (i) Made fun of with sexual jokes, comments, and gestures165 (24.8)79 (20.1)86 (31.0)
 (ii) Hit, kicked, pushed, shoved around, or locked indoors156 (22.7)120 (31.0)36 (12.2)
 (iii) Made fun of because of how body or face looks78 (11.3)25 (6.4)53 (17.8)
 (iv) Made fun of because of race and colour51 (7.7)28 (7.7)23 (7.8)
 (v) Made fun of because of religion20 (2.9)17 (4.4)2 (0.6)
 (vi) Left out of activities on purpose or ignored17 (2.4)9 (2.3)8 (2.5)
 (v) Bullied in some other way194 (28.3)107 (28.2)86 (28.2)
Health behaviour
 Was in a physical fight in the past 12 months931 (33.3)617 (45.6)314 (21.7)
 Current smoking220 (8.2)190 (15.0)30 (2.2)
 Current other tobacco use201 (7.2)183 (13.4)18 (1.3)
 Current alcohol use368 (14.8)247 (21.2)121 (9.3)
 Lifetime illicit drug use167 (6.0)147 (11.1)20 (1.3)
 Two or more sexual partners in lifetime141 (5.5)121 (9.8)20 (1.6)
 Physical activity less than 60 min per day on at least five days per week2073 (76.3)914 (67.5)1159 (84.6)
 Most of the time or always hunger94 (3.4)63 (4.7)31 (2.1)
No psychosocial distress indicators
 01939 (73.4)935 (73.3)1004 (73.4)
 1445 (16.9)206 (16.6)239 (17.3)
 2192 (7.1)101 (8.0)91 (6.4)
 3 or 465 (2.5)27 (2.0)38 (3.0)
 No close friends94 (3.4)62 (4.5)32 (2.4)
Protective factors
 Truancy467 (17.1)317 (24.0)150 (10.6)
 Peer support1123 (41.7)462 (34.4)661 (48.5)
 Parental or guardian supervision 994 (35.9)469 (35.2)525 (36.6)
 Parental or guardian connectedness927 (34.2)384 (28.7)543 (39.3)
 Parental or guardian bonding1214 (45.4)514 (38.6)700 (51.8)