RT Article T1 School Bullying—The Silent Epidemic: A Cross-Sectional Study of Factors Associated With Peer Victimization Among Lebanese Adolescents JF Journal of interpersonal violence VO 37 IS 1/2 A1 Obeïd, Sahar A1 Sacre, Hala A1 Hallit, Souheil A1 Salameh, Pascale A2 Sacre, Hala A2 Hallit, Souheil A2 Salameh, Pascale LA English YR 2022 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1783530812 AB The objective of this study was to evaluate bullying at school and identify the factors associated with it among a sample of Lebanese school adolescents. A cross-sectional study was carried out between April 2014 and June 2014, using a convenient sampling of Lebanese students in private schools from Beirut and Mount Lebanon. The results showed that 712 (18.1%) adolescents had been bullied in the past 2 months (95% CI [0.169, 0.192]). A backward logistic regression, taking “being bullied in the last 2 months” as a dependent variable, showed significantly lower odds of being bullied in the last 2 months in those who find it easy (adjusted odds ratios [aOR] = 0.434) and very easy (aOR = 0.391) to talk to their father, and having some close male or female friends compared with none. Furthermore, significantly higher odds of being bullied were found among males compared with females (aOR = 0.664), having a best friend who smokes sometimes compared with never (aOR = 1.389), and a father who drinks everyday compared with never (aOR = 1.621). This study was able to shed light on a problem that sometimes goes silent in schools and has a negative impact on the mental health of teenagers. Indeed, the results of our study showed that peer victimization was closely linked to clinically relevant mental health issues. In addition, factors such as parental and peer support could protect against the negative effects of bullying. K1 reduced social skills K1 peer rejection K1 Peer support K1 parental support K1 Alcohol Drinking K1 Smoking K1 bullied K1 School bullying K1 School K1 Adolescent DO 10.1177/0886260520922376