Health Care : Current Reviews

The relationship of self-esteem and peer victimization among schoolchildren

9^th Global Conference on Nursing and Healthcare & 3^rd International Conference on Psychiatry and Psychological Disorders & Plastic Surgery

September 14, 2022 | Webinar

Delvina Beka

ZGJOHU Sherbime Psikologjike, Kosovo

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: HCCR

Abstract:

Aim: Bullying and peer victimization have long been considered an important social and clinical problem. Children and adolescents who are bullied are at increased risk for mental health problems. Bullying experiences among schoolchildren can cause low self-esteem. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between peer victimization by bullying behavior and self-esteem. Samples and Methods: The target group of this study consisted of 157 respondents aged 12-15, of which n=82 were female and n=75 male. The quantitative method was used to accomplish this research using the random sampling technique. Self-report questionnaires, PRQ (Rigby and Slee, 1993) were used for data collection, which aims to measure victimization from bullying at school, while the Rosenberg (1965) questionnaire was used to measure the level of selfesteem. Results: The results show that a significant negative correlation was found between peer victimization and students' self-esteem (r= -.287**, p=.000). Regarding the differential analysis, the results showed that there are no significant gender differences in the level of victimization. While the regression analysis shows that statistically, victimization contributes significantly to the expression of self-esteem, although at a low level. Conclusion: The results of the current study show that peer victimization and self-esteem have a negative correlation and that peer victimization effect on students' self-esteem. These findings suggest that adequate institutions intervene and pay more attention to these aspects, because the negligence of institutions can produce victims of bullying who can fall into a vicious circle, where after being victimized, their self-esteem level drops, so that they can be victimized again, which results in other negative mental health effects. Therefore, interventions that focus on the self-esteem of victims would be effective, and another suggestion is to conduct more longitudinal studies in the future.

Biography :

Delvina Beka has completed her MSc studies in the field of psychology in Pristina-Kosovo. She is a clinical psychologist and ABA therapist, she is a researcher and has about 8 publications that have been published in different journals and over 3 publications and a book that are expected to be published, as well as a participant in national and international conferences. The field of study of her interest includes all aspects related to psychology without distinction.