eprintid: 1552798
rev_number: 28
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
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datestamp: 2017-04-22 21:54:47
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metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Wandera, SO
creators_name: Clarke, K
creators_name: Knight, L
creators_name: Allen, E
creators_name: Walakira, E
creators_name: Namy, S
creators_name: Naker, D
creators_name: Devries, K
title: Violence against children perpetrated by peers: A cross-sectional school-based survey in Uganda
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: D14
keywords: Bullying, Childhood violence, Emotional violence, Peer victimization, Physical violence, Uganda
note: © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
abstract: Violence against children by peers is a global public health problem. We aimed to assess factors associated with peer violence victimization among primary school children in Uganda. We conducted multilevel multivariable logistic regression analyses of cross-sectional data from 3706 primary students in 42 Ugandan primary schools. Among primary school students, 29% and 34% had ever experienced physical and emotional violence perpetrated by their peers, respectively. Factors strongly associated with both physical and emotional violence were similar and overlapping, and included exposure to interparental violence, having an attitude supportive of violence against children from school staff, not living with biological parents, working for payment, and higher SDQ score. However, we found that younger age, sharing sleeping area with an adult and achieving a higher educational performance score, were specifically associated with physical violence. On the other hand, being female, walking to school, reporting disability and eating one meal on the previous day, were particularly associated with emotional violence. Interventions to reduce peer violence should focus on family contexts, school environments and those with poor socio-economic status may need extra support.
date: 2017-06
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.04.006
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Journal Article
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1288545
doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.04.006
pii: S0145-2134(17)30142-4
lyricists_name: Clarke, Kelly
lyricists_name: Rose-Clarke, Kelly
lyricists_id: KLCLA42
lyricists_id: KCLAR56
actors_name: Clarke, Kelly
actors_name: Laslett, David
actors_id: KLCLA42
actors_id: DLASL34
actors_role: owner
actors_role: impersonator
full_text_status: public
publication: Child Abuse & Neglect
volume: 68
pagerange: 65-73
event_location: England
issn: 1873-7757
citation:        Wandera, SO;    Clarke, K;    Knight, L;    Allen, E;    Walakira, E;    Namy, S;    Naker, D;           Wandera, SO;  Clarke, K;  Knight, L;  Allen, E;  Walakira, E;  Namy, S;  Naker, D;  Devries, K;   - view fewer <#>    (2017)    Violence against children perpetrated by peers: A cross-sectional school-based survey in Uganda.                   Child Abuse & Neglect , 68    pp. 65-73.    10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.04.006 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.04.006>.       Green open access   
 
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