Peer Victimization and Psychosocial Wellbeing of Nigerian Adolescents: Prevalence, Patterns and Associations
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2020
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EJHSS
Abstract
Peer Victimization (PV) has increasingly been recognized as an imperative problem
in schools across the globe. High prevalence rates of PV among school adolescents are reported in
literature. Risk factors of PV include increased psychiatric disturbance, social maladjustment, and
other internalizing problems. This study explores the prevalence of PV and describes its path to
psychosocial wellbeing among Nigerian secondary school students. Cross sectional survey design,
involving a purposive sampling technique was utilized to select 400 participants (Mean age =14.95)
from four secondary schools in Osun State Southwestern Nigeria. Multidimensional Peer Victim ization Scale (MPVS) and Mental Health Continuum – Short Form (MHS-SF) were used for data
collection. MPVS subscales jointly predicted Psychological Wellbeing (PWB), Emotional Wellbeing
(EWB), and Social Wellbeing (SWB) among the participants
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Peer victimization, Psychosocial wellbeing, Adolescents, Nigeria.