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. 2025 Aug 20;18(4):861–869. doi: 10.1007/s40653-025-00730-0

Table 2.

The likelihood of unprotected sex among adolescents with bullying experiences and sex-specific moderating effect of parental emotional support moderate the relationship between bullying and unprotected sex

Unprotected sex
Males Females
AOR (95%CI)1 AOR (95%CI)2
Bullying
 No Reference Reference
 Yes 1.39 (1.10, 1.75)* 1.08 (0.84,1.38)
Bullying#Parental emotional support
 Yes#No Reference Reference
 Yes#Yes 0.64 (0.37, 1.07) 0.89 (0.53.1.50)

1 Adjusted for age and psychological distress. 2 Adjusted for age, psychological distress, substance use, and age at sexual debut < 14. * p-value < 0.05