Impact of oral health and body image in school bullying

Objective To identify the association between perception of body image and oral health in school bullying among adolescents of an urban locality in Brazil. Methods A self‐questionnaire was applied on 381 students from public school between 12 and 15 years old. The variables studied were sex, age, sc...

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Published in:	Special care in dentistry Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 375 - 379
Main Authors:	Veiga da Silva Siqueira, Daniele, dos Santos, Isadora Menezes, Pereira, Luanderson Lopes, Leal Tosta dos Santos, Simone Cristina, Cristino, Patricia Suguri, Pena Messias de Figueiredo Filho, Carlos Eduardo, Figueiredo, Andreia Leal
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-07-2019
Subjects:	Adolescents Body image Bullying Dental insurance Dentistry Multivariate analysis oral health Oral hygiene Perception Self image oral health body image adolescents bullying
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Summary:	Objective To identify the association between perception of body image and oral health in school bullying among adolescents of an urban locality in Brazil. Methods A self‐questionnaire was applied on 381 students from public school between 12 and 15 years old. The variables studied were sex, age, schooling, school bullying events, and perception about their oral health and body image. The prevalence of bullying was 29.6%. The multivariate analysis showed that those who indicated that they were criticized due to the condition of their teeth had 4.37 more chance of victimization (oral 4371 CI 2325‐8218). Those who felt that oral health had little effect on their relationship with other people had 2.2 times more chance to suffer from bullying (oral 2204 CI 1031‐4708) than those who did not. Among adolescents who were not satisfied with their body image, 46.7% had more chance to be a victim of bullying (oral 2467 CI 1373‐4431). Conclusion A high prevalence of students affected by bullying was observed. It was possible to observe an association between bullying and dissatisfaction with oral health and body image. It is important to implement and evaluate public policies on oral health, expanding access to and improving these public services offered to the population.
Bibliography:	The municipality of study was Jequiriça‐Bahia, Brazil. The collection of the data was developed in this municipality, already the statistical analysis and the written part of the research were developed at the Federal University of Bahia. The original manuscript entitled: Impact of oral health and body image in school bullying is a study of relevance to the present moment, in which bullying presents in a veiled and repetitive way against the same victim, without obvious reasons, adopting cruel, humiliating behaviors and intimidating, generating irreparable consequences, be they physical, psychic, emotional or behavioral. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0275-1879 1754-4505
DOI:	10.1111/scd.12401