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ArticleInternational journal of public health2025

Trends in Indicators of Violence Among Adolescents in Europe and North America 1994-2022.

Michal Molcho, Sophie D Walsh, Nathan King, William Pickett, Peter D Donnelly, Alina Cosma, Frank J Elgar, Kwok Ng, Lilly Augustine, Marta Malinowska-Cieślik and 2 more

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Michal MolchoSchool of Education, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Sophie D WalshDepartment of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Nathan KingDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
William PickettDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Peter D DonnellyMedical School, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Alina CosmaTrinity Centre for Global Health, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Frank J ElgarDepartment of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Kwok NgFaculty of Education, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Lilly AugustineCHILD, School of Learning and Communication, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
Marta Malinowska-CieślikDepartment of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
Ylva BjereldDepartment of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.
Wendy CraigDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.

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Abstract

Objectives: To describe age and gender specific time trends in adolescent violence across 19 countries over 28 years. Methods: The paper presents analysis of eight cycles of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study from 1994-2022, involving 789,531 children aged 11, 13, and 15. Indicators of violence included physical fighting, school bullying and cyberbullying (from 2018). Log-binomial regression models were used to test for linear temporal trends, with Generalized Estimating Equations used to account for clustering by country. Results: School bullying perpetration and victimization declined over time in each age/gender group in most countries. Similar declines were reported for frequent physical fighting among boys (all ages) and girls (age 15 only). The prevalence of violent behaviour was almost universally higher in boys in the early cycles than in girls, but this gender difference attenuated over time. For cyberbullying, significant increases were observed since 2018 in all groups except age 15 girls in most countries. Conclusion: This analysis of a large cross-national dataset suggests a decline in traditional forms of adolescent violence. However, the increases in cyberbullying warrant further monitoring.

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Adolescent BehaviorBullyingViolenceAdolescentChildCrime VictimsCyberbullyingEuropeFemaleHumansMaleNorth AmericaPrevalenceSchoolsSex Factorsadolescent healthbullyingcyberbullyingfightingviolence

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PMCPMC11891013

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