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Table 3 Scores of the Youth Self Report by experiences of being a bully/victim (preadolescent girls)

From: Relationship between the experience of being a bully/victim and mental health in preadolescence and adolescence: a cross-sectional study

Scale

Neither, n = 69

Victim, n = 52

Bully, n = 9

Bully + Victim, n = 32

F value

p value

Post hoc (Tukey)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Withdrawn

2.05

1.967

2.83

2.728

2.10

1.455

3.62

2.468

3.139

.0273

Not significant

Somatic complaints

1.79

2.763

3.64

3.116

.96

1.216

3.54

2.663

5.623

.0012*

B/V > N

Anxious/depressed

3.76

3.294

7.67

5.964

4.93

3.361

8.61

5.151

10.193

.0000***

B/V, V > N

Social problems

2.76

1.812

4.92

2.889

3.92

2.151

4.68

2.968

6.938

.0000***

V, B/V > N

Thought problems

1.44

2.090

2.40

2.310

2.67

2.495

2.88

2.366

4.833

.0031*

B/V > N

Attention problems

4.11

2.647

6.50

3.235

5.82

3.942

6.18

3.076

5.440

.0014*

V > N

Delinquent behavior

1.02

1.281

1.65

1.744

2.16

1.938

2.60

2.276

8.691

.0000***

B/V > V, N

Aggressive behavior

4.21

3.744

6.61

4.244

10.79

5.577

9.31

4.703

13.394

.0000***

B, B/V > N

Internalizing scale

7.51

6.400

13.79

9.848

7.85

4.992

15.30

7.635

8.210

.0000***

B/V > N

Externalizing scale

5.23

4.589

8.26

5.210

12.95

7.085

11.91

6.549

12.971

.0000***

B, B/V > N, B/V > V

  1. Multiple imputation was used to impute missing values. One-way ANOVAs were performed. Comparisons performed using the Turkey’s test
  2. N, Neither; B, Bully; V, Victim; B/V, Bully + Victim
  3. * p < .01, ** p < .001, *** p < .0001
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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X