Background: Weight-related bullying is a devastating experience for adolescents and is associated with negative emotional consequences that can be modulated by applying different coping strategies. Aim: to assess the relation between weight-related bullying and emotional reactions among adolescents and their coping strategies. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to accomplish this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the nutrition clinic allied to the only branch of health insurance clinics for school students in Damanhour city (Abo El Reesh) affiliated to the Public Authority for Health Insurance, Northwestern Delta Branch-Egypt. Sample: A purposive sample of 400 adolescents comprised the study sample. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used. Tool I: Adolescents Socio-Demographic Characteristics structured Interview schedule. Tool II: Weight Related Abuse Questionnaire. Tool III: Coping with bullying scale for children (CBSC). Results: Obese and slightly underweight adolescents represented 57.2% and 5%, of the total sample, respectively. The mean score of frequency of verbal bullying was 16.17±12.32, while that of physical bullying was 3.94±6.62; and the mean scores of negative emotional reactions resulting from verbal and physical bullying were 22.06±21.58 and 11.40±19.73, respectively. Regarding coping strategies, Physical distancing was the most common used coping strategy with average score of 1.24±0.99, while the least used coping strategy was cognitive approach with average score of 0.79±0.80. A statistically significant difference was found between verbal or physical weight-related bullying and different coping strategies as well as emotional reactions (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Increased body mass index was associated with verbal and physical bullying, which in turn led to experiencing negative emotional reactions among adolescents. Recommendations: Increase awareness about weight-related bullying and its negative consequences on health in order to reduce its prevalence, and to teach adolescents different effective coping strategies to enable them to cope with bullying in a healthy way.
Ahmed Mokbel, R., Attia Abd Elghaffar Moustafa, A., & Salah Yonis Mahrous, E. (2020). Relation between Weight-Related Bullying and Emotional Reactions among Adolescents and Their Coping Strategies. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 11(3), 892-913. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.203203
MLA
Rodaina Ahmed Mokbel; Amel Attia Abd Elghaffar Moustafa; Ebtsam Salah Yonis Mahrous. "Relation between Weight-Related Bullying and Emotional Reactions among Adolescents and Their Coping Strategies". Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 11, 3, 2020, 892-913. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.203203
HARVARD
Ahmed Mokbel, R., Attia Abd Elghaffar Moustafa, A., Salah Yonis Mahrous, E. (2020). 'Relation between Weight-Related Bullying and Emotional Reactions among Adolescents and Their Coping Strategies', Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 11(3), pp. 892-913. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.203203
VANCOUVER
Ahmed Mokbel, R., Attia Abd Elghaffar Moustafa, A., Salah Yonis Mahrous, E. Relation between Weight-Related Bullying and Emotional Reactions among Adolescents and Their Coping Strategies. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2020; 11(3): 892-913. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.203203
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