TY - JOUR
T1 - Bullying Victimisation Among Deaf Adolescents
T2 - A School-Based Self-Report Survey in Ghana
AU - Fobi, Daniel
AU - Quarshie, Emmanuel Nii Boye
AU - Fobi, Joyce
AU - Appau, Obed
AU - Honu-Mensah, Cyril Mawuli
AU - Acheampong, Emmanuel Kwasi
AU - Abu –Sadat, Rabbi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Regional and national level data on bullying victimisation and its associated factors among deaf adolescents are still lacking, particularly, in Africa. We conducted a cross-sectional self-report anonymous survey involving a nationally representative random sample of 450 school-going deaf adolescents in Ghana. Bivariate and multivariate analyses of the data showed the overall 12-month prevalence estimate of bullying victimisation to be 55 · 1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 50%–60%), but the estimates were comparable between females (52 · 0%) and males (57 · 0%). Whereas deaf adolescents with schoolwork problems were likely to report bullying victimisation, most of the key factors associated with bullying victimisation were adverse social events–break-up, conflict with friends, and parental divorce. These findings underscore the need for further studies, and school-based intervention and prevention efforts.
AB - Regional and national level data on bullying victimisation and its associated factors among deaf adolescents are still lacking, particularly, in Africa. We conducted a cross-sectional self-report anonymous survey involving a nationally representative random sample of 450 school-going deaf adolescents in Ghana. Bivariate and multivariate analyses of the data showed the overall 12-month prevalence estimate of bullying victimisation to be 55 · 1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 50%–60%), but the estimates were comparable between females (52 · 0%) and males (57 · 0%). Whereas deaf adolescents with schoolwork problems were likely to report bullying victimisation, most of the key factors associated with bullying victimisation were adverse social events–break-up, conflict with friends, and parental divorce. These findings underscore the need for further studies, and school-based intervention and prevention efforts.
KW - Ghana
KW - bullying
KW - bullying victimisation
KW - deaf adolescents
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85117263108
U2 - 10.1080/1034912X.2021.1989670
DO - 10.1080/1034912X.2021.1989670
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85117263108
SN - 1034-912X
VL - 69
SP - 253
EP - 266
JO - International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
JF - International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
IS - 1
ER -