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Teachers' Recognition of Victims of School Bullying Using Data from the Adolescents' Mental Health and Problem Behavior Screening Questionnaire-II Standardization Study in Korea

청소년정서행동발달검사 표준화 연구 자료를 활용한 교사의 학교폭력 피해자 인지도

  • Hwang, Jun-Won (Department of Psychiatry, Kangwon National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Bhang, Soo-Young (Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital) ;
  • Yoo, Han-Ik K. (Seoul Brain Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Hoon (Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Bong-Seog (Department of Psychiatry, Inje University College of Medicine) ;
  • Ahn, Dong-Hyun (Department of Psychiatry, Hanyang University College of Medicine and School of Medicine) ;
  • Suh, Dong-Su (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul Metropolitan Children's Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Soo-Churl (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Bahn, Geon-Ho (Department of Psychiatry, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Young-Sik (Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine and School of Medicine)
  • 황준원 (강원대학교 의학전문대학원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 방수영 (울산대학교 의과대학 울산대학교병원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 유한익 (서울뇌과학연구소) ;
  • 김지훈 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 김봉석 (인제대학교 의과대학 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 안동현 (한양대학교 의과대학.의학전문대학원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 서동수 (서울특별시 어린이병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 조수철 (서울대학교 의과대학 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 반건호 (경희대학교 의학전문대학원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 이영식 (중앙대학교 의과대학.의학전문대학원 정신건강학교실)
  • Received : 2012.04.04
  • Accepted : 2012.05.14
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

Objectives : The current study was conducted in order to investigate teachers' recognition of school bullying using a nationwide database of adolescents in middle and high school in Korea. Methods : Students in the 7th to 12th grades at 23 secondary schools participated in the current study during the fall of 2009. Subjects completed the self-report form of the Adolescent Mental Health and Problem Behavior Screening Questionnaire-II (AMPQ-II) and Symptom Checklist-90 Revised (SCL-90-R). In addition, relevant teachers used the teachers' rating scale of the AMPQ-II to report their students' status. Differences in the number of bullied students between teachers' recognition and students' report were explored. Results : A total of 2270 subjects provided relevant responses to the questionnaire. While the one-month prevalence of victimization according to students' self-reports was 28.9%, the recognized prevalence by teachers was only 10.6%. For prediction of the presence of school bullying according to students' self reports on the AMPQ-II, item 7 of the teachers' report on the AMPQ-II showed a sensitivity of 16%, a specificity of 92%, a positive predictability of 44%, a negative predictability of 72%, a false positive rate of 8%, a false negative rate of 84%, and an accuracy of 69%, respectively. No significant differences in subscores of students' self reports of the AMPQ-II and SCL-90-R were observed between bullied students who were recognized by teachers and those who were not recognized. In stepwise discriminant analysis, classification of teachers' item 2 and item 7 on the AMPQ-II with respect to school bullying according to students' reports showed an accuracy of 63.4%. Using this model, 75.2% of non-victimized subjects were classified correctly, while only 35.2% of victimized subjects were classified correctly. Conclusion : Despite the high prevalence in Korea, teachers' recognition of school violence among their students remains low. Pre-professional and continuing education to improve teachers' understanding of school bullying and knowledge of effective classroom-based prevention activities should be encouraged.

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