INCIDENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF BULLYING IN PRIVATE DENTAL COLLEGES OF LAHORE

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the incidence of bullying among dental students in Lahore and to find out the usual sources and forms of bullying. In three different private dental colleges of Lahore, a cross sectional survey of undergraduate dental students was conducted. Data was collected by using a standardized, pre-validated Negative Acts Questionnaire (NAQ-R) to identify tormenting of dental students for past 12 months from 150 students. One-Way ANOVA was applied to explore the difference of bullying prevalence among 3 colleges. Overall, 137 (91.3%) dental students reported bullying of various types, confronted over the past 12 months. Most commonly noticed bullying source in this study was trainee fellows. 94 (68.6%) of participants never lodged a complaint about bullying. Higher Percentage of Participants reported of being bullied in dental college which needs serious attention as well as action to control this situation.