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Table 4 Logistic regression model of factors associated with bullying behavior among the studied group

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

 

Bully

Victim

Bully-victim

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

Age

      

< 0.001

0.7

0.6–0.8

Gender (M/F)

0.027

2.3

1.1–5.0

   

< 0.001

3.2

1.8–5.6

Mother education (university or higher)

0.017

0.1

0.02–0.7

      

Grade (Prep/secondary)

      

0.736

1.2

0.4–3.2

Watching violent movies

0.467

1.4

0.6–3.3

   

0.008

2.0

1.2–3.4

Violent friend

      

0.289

1.4

0.8–2.5

Drug addict friend

0.282

1.7

0.7–4.3

0.025

2.5

1.1–5.4

0.234

1.6

0.7–3.3

Drug abuse

      

0.282

2.6

0.5–14.9

Fights in family

      

< 0.001

3.1

1.7–5.7

Insulting words among family members

   

0.133

1.9

0.8–4.3

0.007

2.5

1.3–4.7

Threatening by weapons among family members

      

0.637

0.8

0.2–2.5

Using weapons by family members

0.038

6.1

1.1–34.0

   

0.153

3.7

0.6–22.2

Physical abuse by parents or other caregivers

      

0.605

1.2

0.6–2.6

Verbal abuse by parents or other caregivers

      

0.163

1.7

0.8–3.7

Punishment in school

      

0.981

1.0

0.6–1.8

Absence from school

      

0.141

0.6

0.3–1.2

Failure in previous years

0.033

11.1

1.2–101.4

      

Entered 2nd round

0.252

2.4

0.5–10.3

      

Insulting words in street

      

0.010

2.1

1.2–3.7

Physical violence in street

      

0.031

5.1

1.2–22.7

Threatening by a weapon in the street

0.345

3.3

0.3–37.9

   

0.245

3.6

0.4–31.8

  1. OR multivariate odds ratio, CI confidence interval. Sensitivity of bullying model was 76.2%, and sensitivity of victimization model was 69.9%, while sensitivity of bully-victim model was 92%