We examined the impact of COVID-19 on bullying prevalence rates in a sample of 6578 Canadian students in Grades 4 to 12. To account for school changes associated with the pandemic, students were randomized at the school level into two conditions: (1) the pre-COVID-19 condition, assessing bullying prevalence rates retrospectively before the pandemic, and (2) the current condition, assessing rates during the pandemic. Results indicated that students reported far higher rates of bullying involvement before the pandemic than during the pandemic across all forms of bullying (general, physical, verbal, and social), except for cyber bullying, where differences in rates were less pronounced. Despite anti-Asian rhetoric during the pandemic, no difference was found between East Asian Canadian and White students on bullying victimization. Finally, our validity checks largely confirmed previous published patterns in both conditions: (1) girls were more likely to report being bullied than boys, (2) boys were more likely to report bullying others than girls, (3) elementary school students reported higher bullying involvement than secondary school students, and (4) gender diverse and LGTBQ + students reported being bullied at higher rates than students who identified as gender binary or heterosexual. These results highlight that the pandemic may have mitigated bullying rates, prompting the need to consider retaining some of the educational reforms used to reduce the spread of the virus that could foster caring interpersonal relationships at school such as reduced class sizes, increased supervision, and blended learning.

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COVID-19 之前和期间的校园欺凌：基于人群的随机设计结果

我们在 6578 名加拿大 4 至 12 年级学生的样本中检查了 COVID-19 对欺凌流行率的影响。为了说明与大流行相关的学校变化，学生在学校层面被随机分为两种情况：(1) COVID-19 之前的状况，在大流行之前回顾性评估欺凌流行率，以及 (2) 当前状况，评估大流行期间的欺凌率。结果表明，学生在大流行之前报告的欺凌参与率远高于大流行期间所有形式的欺凌（一般、身体、言语和社交），但网络欺凌除外，网络欺凌的比率差异不那么明显。尽管在大流行期间出现了反亚裔言论，但东亚裔加拿大学生和白人学生在欺凌受害方面没有差异。最后，我们的有效性检查在很大程度上证实了之前公布的两种情况的模式：（1）女孩比男孩更有可能报告被欺负，（2）男孩比女孩更有可能报告欺负他人，（3）小学生报告欺凌参与度更高比中学生，以及 (4) 性别多样化和 LGTBQ + 学生报告的欺凌率高于被认定为性别二元或异性恋的学生。这些结果突出表明，大流行可能降低了欺凌率，促使需要考虑保留一些用于减少病毒传播的教育改革，这些改革可以在学校培养关爱的人际关系，例如减少班级人数、增加监督和混合学习。(1) 女孩比男孩更容易报告被欺负，(2) 男孩比女孩更容易报告欺凌他人，(3) 小学生报告的欺凌参与率高于中学生，以及 (4) 性别多样化和LGTBQ + 学生报告说被欺负的比率高于被认定为性别二元或异性恋的学生。这些结果突出表明，大流行可能已经降低了欺凌率，因此需要考虑保留一些用于减少病毒传播的教育改革，这些改革可以在学校培养关爱的人际关系，例如减少班级人数、增加监督和混合学习。(1) 女孩比男孩更容易报告被欺负，(2) 男孩比女孩更容易报告欺凌他人，(3) 小学生报告的欺凌参与率高于中学生，以及 (4) 性别多样化和LGTBQ + 学生报告说被欺负的比率高于被认定为性别二元或异性恋的学生。这些结果突出表明，大流行可能降低了欺凌率，促使需要考虑保留一些用于减少病毒传播的教育改革，这些改革可以在学校培养关爱的人际关系，例如减少班级人数、增加监督和混合学习。(3) 小学生报告的欺凌参与率高于中学生，(4) 性别多样化和 LGTBQ + 学生报告的欺凌率高于性别二元或异性恋的学生。这些结果突出表明，大流行可能降低了欺凌率，促使需要考虑保留一些用于减少病毒传播的教育改革，这些改革可以在学校培养关爱的人际关系，例如减少班级人数、增加监督和混合学习。(3) 小学生报告的欺凌参与率高于中学生，(4) 性别多样化和 LGTBQ + 学生报告的欺凌率高于性别二元或异性恋的学生。这些结果突出表明，大流行可能降低了欺凌率，促使需要考虑保留一些用于减少病毒传播的教育改革，这些改革可以在学校培养关爱的人际关系，例如减少班级人数、增加监督和混合学习。