Bullying is a global public health issue affecting youth, especially those in school. However, there is scarcity of research exploring potential gender differences in bullying victimization in Southern Africa. Thus, this study sought to determine the prevalence and correlates of bullying victimization among in-school youth in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), and to investigate if these differ by gender. We conducted a secondary data analysis of the 2013 Eswatini Global School-based Student Health Survey and fitted gender-specific multiple logistic regression models among a nationally representative sample of 2 920 in-school youth, a majority of whom were girls (51.9%) and were aged 15–17 years (52.8%). The overall prevalence of bullying victimization was 30.4% (30.6% among girls and 30.1% among boys, p = .78). Results from multivariate analysis showed that for both girls and boys, those who reported being physically attacked, engaged in physical fights, who felt lonely, and who were worried about something had higher odds of experiencing bullying victimization. Girls who used marijuana and who reported low parental connectedness had higher odds of being bullied, whereas boys who were in Form 1 (Grade 8), who went hungry and who perceived their schoolmates as unkind and unhelpful had higher odds of being bullied. Therefore, anti-bullying school programs should target both boys and girls and should take into account the different correlates for the two genders.

欺凌是一个全球性的公共卫生问题，影响到青年，尤其是在校青年。但是，缺乏研究探索南部非洲欺凌受害者中潜在的性别差异的研究。因此，本研究试图确定埃斯瓦蒂尼（前斯威士兰）在校青年中欺凌受害者的发生率和相关性，并调查这些性别之间是否存在差异。我们对2013年基于Eswatini全球学校的学生健康调查进行了二次数据分析，并在全国代表性的2 920名在校青年中进行了针对性别的多元logistic回归模型拟合，其中大多数是女孩（51.9％），年龄在15-17岁之间（52.8％）。欺凌受害的总患病率为30.4％（女孩为30.6％，男孩为30.1％，p = .78）。多元分析的结果表明，对于男孩和女孩来说，那些据报受到身体攻击，进行过身体打架，感到孤独，担心某事的人遭受欺凌的可能性更高。使用大麻并报告父母亲联系度低的女孩被欺负的几率更高，而在中一（8年级），饥饿且认为自己的同学不友善和无助的男孩被欺负的几率更高。因此，反欺凌学校计划应同时针对男孩和女孩，并应考虑到两个性别的不同相关性。