Prevalence and impact of peer victimisation among youth seeking treatment at a tertiary psychiatric institution in Singapore: a cross-sectional study

Subramaniam, Mythily; Shahwan, Shazana; Abdin, Edimansyah; Verma, Swapna; Gupta, Bhanu; Chua, Boon Yiang; Zhang, Yunjue; Sambasivam, Rajeswari; Chong, Siow Ann

doi:10.1186/s12991-022-00424-z

Annals of General Psychiatry

Table 2 Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of the multidimensional peer victimisation subscales

From: Prevalence and impact of peer victimisation among youth seeking treatment at a tertiary psychiatric institution in Singapore: a cross-sectional study

	Physical victimisation			Social manipulation			Verbal victimisation			Attacks on property			Total scores
	B	95% CI	p	B	95% CI	p	B	95% CI	p	B	95% CI	p	B	95% CI	p
Age	0.09	− 0.10–0.29	0.346	− 0.09	− 0.30–0.12	0.403	− 0.04	− 0.24–0.16	0.720	0.17	− 0.04–0.37	0.109	0.13	− 0.53–0.80	0.692
Sex
Female	Ref
Male	1.83	0.89–2.78	< 0.001	0.11	− 0.90–1.12	0.832	0.93	− 0.03–1.90	0.058	1.07	0.09–2.05	0.032	3.95	0.72–7.18	0.017
Ethnicity
Chinese	Ref
Malay	0.44	− 0.57–1.46	0.386	− 0.02	− 1.10–1.06	0.969	0.02	− 1.01–1.06	0.965	− 0.19	− 1.24–0.86	0.727	0.26	− 3.20–3.72	0.882
Indian	− 0.03	− 1.71–1.64	0.968	− 0.48	− 2.27–1.32	0.601	− 1.00	− 2.72–0.72	0.252	− 1.01	− 2.75–0.74	0.257	− 2.52	− 8.26–3.22	0.388
Others	1.71	− 0.56–3.99	0.140	0.75	− 1.69–3.18	0.547	0.32	− 2.01–2.65	0.789	1.48	− 0.88–3.85	0.218	4.26	− 3.53–12.05	0.283
Education
*‘O’/‘N’ level*	Ref
*Primary*	1.04	− 0.46–2.53	0.174	− 0.13	− 1.73–1.47	0.877	− 0.22	− 1.75–1.32	0.781	0.50	− 1.06–2.06	0.527	1.19	− 3.93–6.32	0.647
*Secondary*	0.88	− 0.41–2.16	0.180	0.24	− 1.14–1.61	0.734	− 0.02	− 1.34–1.30	0.974	1.51	0.18–2.85	0.027	2.61	− 1.80–7.01	0.244
*‘A’ level*	− 0.06	− 1.43–1.31	0.928	− 1.59	− 3.05 to − 0.12	0.034	− 0.26	− 1.67–1.14	0.713	− 0.87	− 2.30–0.55	0.228	− 2.79	− 7.48–1.91	0.243
*Vocational*	1.20	− 0.09–2.50	0.069	0.08	− 1.31–1.47	0.914	0.64	− 0.69–1.98	0.341	0.67	− 0.68–2.03	0.327	2.60	− 1.85–7.05	0.251
*Any Diploma & Degree*	0.76	− 0.26–1.78	0.145	0.64	− 0.45–1.74	0.246	0.76	− 0.29–1.80	0.156	0.46	− 0.60–1.52	0.393	2.62	− 0.88–6.11	0.141
Employment
*Student (full-time)*	*Ref*
Employed	− 0.64	− 1.73–0.45	0.248	0.04	− 1.13–1.21	0.947	0.15	− 0.96–1.27	0.787	− 0.40	− 1.53–0.74	0.489	− 0.85	− 4.58–2.89	0.655
National Service	− 0.74	− 1.89–0.41	0.207	− 0.39	− 1.62–0.84	0.534	− 0.79	− 1.97–0.39	0.188	− 0.67	− 1.87–0.52	0.267	− 2.59	− 6.52–1.34	0.196
Unemployed	0.17	− 1.43–1.77	0.832	− 0.22	− 1.93–1.49	0.803	− 0.16	− 1.80–1.48	0.852	0.42	− 1.25–2.08	0.621	0.22	− 5.26–5.70	0.937
Diagnosis
Mood disorder	*Ref*
Schizophrenia spectrum	− 0.31	− 1.59–0.98	0.637	− 1.57	− 2.94 to − 0.19	0.026	− 1.13	− 2.45–0.18	0.091	− 1.63	− 2.97 to − 0.29	0.017	− 4.64	− 9.04–− 0.24	0.039
Anxiety disorder	− 0.21	− 1.27–0.86	0.702	− 1.05	− 2.19–0.09	0.070	− 0.35	− 1.44–0.74	0.524	− 0.99	− 2.10–0.11	0.078	− 2.60	− 6.23–1.03	0.160
Others	0.40	− 1.18–1.98	0.617	− 0.61	− 2.30–1.08	0.481	− 0.98	− 2.60–0.64	0.234	− 0.13	− 1.77–1.51	0.877	− 1.32	− 6.73–4.10	0.632
Adjustment disorders	− 0.01	− 1.05–1.04	0.991	− 0.70	− 1.82–0.43	0.223	− 0.05	− 1.13–1.02	0.922	− 0.44	− 1.53–0.65	0.428	− 1.19	− 4.78–2.39	0.512
Behavioural and developmental disorders	− 1.17	− 2.67–0.34	0.129	− 2.26	− 3.87 to − 0.65	0.006	− 0.68	− 2.23–0.87	0.387	− 0.86	− 2.34–0.63	0.257	− 4.91	− 10.08–0.25	0.062

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