Abstract :
Background: Bullying in school aged children is a universal problem, which continues to be a serious threat to the physical and emotional health of children and adolescents. The main objective of the study is to find out the status of bullying among secondary level school students in Kathmandu Nepal.Methods: A cross-sectional research design was carried in the public and private level secondary school of Kathmandu in 2018. The cross sectional descriptive analytical study design along with the case study method was used among 222 respondents who were selected by purposive sampling. A semi structured questionnaire for socio-demographic and a structured of Olweus Bully Questionnaire (OBQ) was used for data collection. The data analysis was done using SPSS version 21.Result: Among 222, total 146 (65.8%) of the students got bullied physically, verbally and sexually. Only (14.4%) of the students bullied by electronic devices or cyberbullying. However, the number of students involved in bullying others is 100 (45%) only. The number of boys who got bullied is 176 (79.28%) which is higher than that of girls 144 (64.85%). Majority 45.63% of the bullying occurred in the classroom when the teacher was not present and bullying occurred least on the way to home, school bus stop, and gym class. Mostly 50% report their problem to the friends followed by brother or sister, class teacher, parents, another adult at school, somebody else 7.89%, 18.42%, 10%,53%, 6.58 %, 6.58% respectively. The findings show that there is no association between the socio-demographic variables and bullying among the secondary level student’s in Kathmandu Nepal.Conclusion: The study found that the status of bullying highly prevails in the schools of Kathmandu, Nepal. Hence, all stakeholders in secondary education should work collaboratively for interventions to reduce the bulling practice and its adverse effects on student health
Keyword :
Bullying, Olweus Bullying Questionnaire