Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Lecturer of psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University
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Assistant professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University
Abstract
Background: Burn survival children were more likely to experience bullying particularly in school due to their visible scar. Frequent exposure to bullying might lead to avoidance, social fear, and social anxiety. Aim: The current study aimed to assess the correlation between bullying and social anxiety among burn survival school-age children. Methods: A descriptive correlational design was used in this study. Setting: The current study was conducted in pediatric plastic outpatient clinics, plastic surgery department, at Ain shams university hospitals. Subjects: A purposive sample of 96 school-age children was obtained in this study. Tools for data collection included: 1) Children’s Interviewing Questionnaire, 2) The Child’s and Adolescent Bullying Scale (CABS), 3) Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), and 4) Effects of bullying behavior on the student’s scale. Results: This study showed that the majority of burns survival school-age children understudy had the highest experience of exposure to bullying problems involved (verbal bullying, disability bullying, and physical bullying) with a mean score of 91.3%, 90.8, % and 89.6% respectively. It also shows that nearly half of children under study had a moderate level of social fear and anxiety representing 48%, This study also illustrated that more than two-thirds of children under study suffer from severe psychological and academic effects of bullying, representing 71.9%, 69%. Moreover, the present study indicated that there is a strong positive correlation between social fear and anxiety and types of bullying behavior among burn survival school-age children under study (p < 0.001**). Conclusions: Burn survival children are exposed to different types of bullying, mostly verbal bullying, disability bullying, and physical bullying. Moreover, exposure to bullying behaviors among burn survival school-age children leads to social avoidance, fear, and anxiety. In addition, exposure to bullying behaviors leads to physical, social, and academic adverse effects among burning survival school-age children. Recommendations: This study recommends developing and implementing a psychoeducational counseling program to improve coping and psychosocial recovery and approaches to handle bullying behaviors among school-age children with burn scars.
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