Skip to main content
Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Table 2 Personal and family factors associated with bullying behavior among the studied group

From: Prevalence and correlates of bullying and victimization among school students in rural Egypt

 

Uninvolved (n = 106)

Bully (n = 45)

P value*

OR

95% CI

Victim (n = 50)

P value *

OR

95% CI

Bully-victim (n = 275)

P value *

OR

95% CI

Personal and social factors

 Watching violent movies

  Yes

50 (17.2)

30 (10.3)

0.028

2.2

1.1–4.6

25 (8.6)

0.741

1.1

0.6–2.2

186 (63.9)

< 0.001

2.3

1.5–3.7

  No

56 (30.3)

15 (8.1)

Ref

Ref

Ref

25 (13.5)

Ref

Ref

Ref

89 (48.1)

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Carrying a weapon

  Yes

4 (13.3)

3 (10.0)

0.426

1.8

0.4–8.5

2 (6.7)

0.945

1.1

0.2–6.0

21 (70.0)

0.172

2.1

0.7–6.3

  No

102 (22.9)

42 (9.4)

Ref

Ref

Ref

48 (10.8)

Ref

Ref

Ref

254 (57.0)

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Violent friend

  Yes

32 (14.1)

20 (8.8)

0.092

1.9

0.9–3.8

22 (9.7)

0.091

1.9

0.9–3.6

153 (67.4)

< 0.001

2.9

1.8–4.7

  No

74 (29.7)

25 (10.0)

Ref

Ref

Ref

28 (11.2)

Ref

Ref

Ref

122 (49.0)

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Smoking

  Yes

0 (0)

2 (18.2)

0.087

NA

NA

0 (0)

NA

NA

NA

9 (81.8)

0.067

NA

NA

  No

106 (22.8)

43 (9.2)

Ref

Ref

Ref

50 (10.8)

Ref

Ref

Ref

266 (57.2)

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Drug addict friend

  Yes

17 (12.4)

16 (11.7)

0.008

2.9

1.3–6.4

16 (11.7)

0.023

2.5

1.1–5.4

88 (64.2)

0.002

2.5

1.4–4.4

  No

89 (26.3)

29 (8.6)

Ref

Ref

Ref

34 (10.0)

Ref

Ref

Ref

187 (55.2)

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Drug abuse

  Yes

2 (7.4)

3 (11.1)

0.157

3.7

0.6–23.0

2 (7.4)

0.594

2.2

0.3–15.8

20 (74.1)

0.043

4.1

0.9–17.8

  No

104 (23.2)

42 (9.4)

Ref

Ref

Ref

48 (10.7)

Ref

Ref

Ref

255 (56.8)

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Sexual harassment

  Yes

11 (14.7)

7 (9.3)

0.369

1.6

0.6–4.4

7 (9.3)

0.593

1.4

0.5–3.9

50 (66.7)

0.063

1.9

0.96–3.8

  No

95 (23.7)

38 (9.5)

Ref

Ref

Ref

43 (10.7)

Ref

Ref

Ref

225 (56.1)

Ref

Ref

Ref

Family factors

 Witnessing fights in family

  Yes

67 (19.6)

31 (9.1)

0.503

1.3

0.6–2.7

34 (9.9)

0.559

1.2

0.6–2.5

210 (61.4)

0.010

1.9

1.2–3.1

  No

39 (29.1)

14 (10.4)

Ref

Ref

Ref

16 (11.9)

Ref

Ref

Ref

65 (48.5)

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Insulting words

  Yes

17 (12.8)

11 (8.3)

0.224

1.7

0.7–4.0

15 (11.3)

0.044

2.2

1.01–5.0

90 (67.7)

0.001

2.5

1.4–4.5

  No

89 (25.9)

34 (9.9)

Ref

Ref

Ref

35 (10.2)

Ref

Ref

Ref

185 (53.9)

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Beating

  Yes

18 (16.1)

10 (8.9)

0.448

1.4

0.6–3.3

15 (13.4)

0.063

2.1

0.95–4.6

69 (61.6)

0.091

1.6

0.9–2.9

  No

88 (24.2)

35 (9.6)

Ref

Ref

Ref

35 (9.6)

Ref

Ref

Ref

206 (56.6)

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Threatening by weapons

  Yes

6 (10.7)

5 (8.9)

0.305

2.1

0.6–7.2

3 (5.4)

0.932

1.1

0.3–4.4

42 (75.0)

0.011

3.0

1.2–7.3

  No

100 (23.8)

40 (9.5)

Ref

Ref

Ref

47 (11.2)

Ref

Ref

Ref

233 (55.5)

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Using weapons

  Yes

2 (5.1)

5 (12.8)

0.025

6.5

1.2–34.9

2 (5.1)

0.594

2.2

0.3–15.8

30 (76.9)

0.004

6.4

1.5–27.1

  No

104 (23.8)

40 (9.2)

Ref

Ref

Ref

48 (11.0)

Ref

Ref

Ref

245 (56.1)

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Exposure to physical abuse

  Yes

14 (13.0)

7 (6.5)

0.703

1.2

0.5–3.2

12 (11.1)

0.091

2.1

0.9–4.9

75 (69.4)

0.004

2.5

1.3–4.6

  No

92 (25.0)

38 (10.3)

Ref

Ref

Ref

38 (10.3)

Ref

Ref

Ref

200 (54.3)

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Exposure to verbal abuse

  Yes

15 (12.2)

8 (6.5)

0.623

1.3

0.5–3.4

12 (9.8)

0.129

1.9

0.8–4.5

88 (71.5)

< 0.001

2.9

1.6–5.2

  No

91 (25.8)

37 (10.5)

Ref

Ref

Ref

38 (10.8)

Ref

Ref

Ref

187 (53.0)

Ref

Ref

Ref

  1. OR univariate odds ratio, CI confidence interval, Ref reference category
  2. *Chi-square test
Back to article page