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Bullying among people with visual impairment: Prevalence, associated factors and relationship to self-efficacy and life satisfaction

AIM: To examine associated factors of bullying and to determine associations between bullying and psychosocial outcomes among individuals with visual impairments (VI). METHODS: We conducted an age-stratified cross-sectional survey of adults with VI who were recruited from the Norwegian Association o...

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Autores principales: Brunes, Audun, Nielsen, Morten B, Heir, Trond
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5862654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29568731
http://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v8.i1.43
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description AIM: To examine associated factors of bullying and to determine associations between bullying and psychosocial outcomes among individuals with visual impairments (VI). METHODS: We conducted an age-stratified cross-sectional survey of adults with VI who were recruited from the Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted. Data were collected through structural telephone interviews in the period between February and May, 2017. Linear regression models were used to examine factors related to bullying and associations of bullying with self-efficacy and life satisfaction. RESULTS: A total of 736 individuals were interviewed. The lifetime and 6-mo prevalence of bullying was 41.7% and 8.2%, respectively. The majority of bullied participants reported VI-specific bullying (65.1%). Victimization of bullying was associated with young age, early onset-age of VI, and having other impairments. Participants who reported bullying had lower levels of self-efficacy [Adjusted relative risk (ARR): 0.40, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.19-0.85] and life satisfaction (ARR: 0.68, 95%CI: 0.51-0.91). CONCLUSION: Bullying is highly prevalent among individuals with VI. Our findings suggest that interventions to reduce bullying may be beneficial for improving the well-being and life quality of people with VI.
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spelling pubmed-58626542018-03-22 Bullying among people with visual impairment: Prevalence, associated factors and relationship to self-efficacy and life satisfaction Brunes, Audun Nielsen, Morten B Heir, Trond World J Psychiatry Observational Study AIM: To examine associated factors of bullying and to determine associations between bullying and psychosocial outcomes among individuals with visual impairments (VI). METHODS: We conducted an age-stratified cross-sectional survey of adults with VI who were recruited from the Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted. Data were collected through structural telephone interviews in the period between February and May, 2017. Linear regression models were used to examine factors related to bullying and associations of bullying with self-efficacy and life satisfaction. RESULTS: A total of 736 individuals were interviewed. The lifetime and 6-mo prevalence of bullying was 41.7% and 8.2%, respectively. The majority of bullied participants reported VI-specific bullying (65.1%). Victimization of bullying was associated with young age, early onset-age of VI, and having other impairments. Participants who reported bullying had lower levels of self-efficacy [Adjusted relative risk (ARR): 0.40, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.19-0.85] and life satisfaction (ARR: 0.68, 95%CI: 0.51-0.91). CONCLUSION: Bullying is highly prevalent among individuals with VI. Our findings suggest that interventions to reduce bullying may be beneficial for improving the well-being and life quality of people with VI. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2018-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5862654/ /pubmed/29568731 http://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v8.i1.43 Text en ©The Author(s) 2018. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial.
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title_full Bullying among people with visual impairment: Prevalence, associated factors and relationship to self-efficacy and life satisfaction
title_fullStr Bullying among people with visual impairment: Prevalence, associated factors and relationship to self-efficacy and life satisfaction
title_full_unstemmed Bullying among people with visual impairment: Prevalence, associated factors and relationship to self-efficacy and life satisfaction
title_short Bullying among people with visual impairment: Prevalence, associated factors and relationship to self-efficacy and life satisfaction
title_sort bullying among people with visual impairment: prevalence, associated factors and relationship to self-efficacy and life satisfaction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5862654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29568731
http://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v8.i1.43
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