Table 3.
Associations between attitudes supporting peer violence and experience with peer violence victimization among youth after controlling for demographic characteristics, personal characteristics, family environment, and peer environment
| Any peer violence victimization | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR (95% CI) | ||||
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| Attitudes supporting boys hitting boys | 1.23 (1.03, 1.48) | 1.18 (0.98, 1.42) | 1.14 (0.94, 1.38) | 0.87 (0.69, 1.11) |
| Attitudes supporting girls hitting girls | 1.27 (1.04, 1.55) | 1.27 (1.04, 1.56) | 1.20 (0.98, 1.48) | 1.03 (0.79, 1.33) |
| Male | – | 1.42 (1.23, 1.62) | 1.55 (1.35, 1.79) | 1.74 (1.44, 2.09) |
| Grade | ||||
| 7 | – | 1.61 (1.37, 1.90) | 1.75 (1.47, 2.07) | 1.57 (1.26, 1.95) |
| 9 | – | 1.32 (1.11, 1.57) | 1.35 (1.13, 1.62) | 1.04 (0.83, 1.29) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | – | 0.82 (0.69, 0.98) | 0.73 (0.61, 0.88) | 0.65 (0.52, 0.81) |
| African American | – | 0.80 (0.66, 0.97) | 0.74 (0.61, 0.91) | 0.63 (0.50, 0.81) |
| Other | – | 1.04 (0.74, 1.44) | 0.91 (0.64, 1.28) | 0.91 (0.60, 1.37) |
| Family composition | ||||
| 1 guardian | – | – | 0.94 (0.79, 1.11) | 0.92 (0.75, 1.13) |
| Multiple guardians | – | – | 1.16 (0.97, 1.39) | 1.09 (0.88, 1.36) |
| Child maltreatment | – | – | 2.03 (1.75, 2.35) | 1.57 (1.31, 1.89) |
| Inadequate parenting style | – | – | 1.13 (0.96, 1.34) | 0.98 (0.79, 1.22) |
| Binge drinking | – | – | – | 0.85 (0.67, 1.06) |
| Illicit drug use | – | – | – | 1.29 (1.04, 1.61) |
| Weapon carrying | – | – | – | 0.90 (0.70, 1.16) |
| Low self-efficacy | – | – | – | 0.97 (0.88, 1.06) |
| Suicide attempt | – | – | – | 1.86 (1.39, 2.50) |
| Low academic grades | – | – | – | 1.01 (0.85, 1.21) |
| Friends’ dating violence | – | – | – | 1.28 (1.04, 1.59) |
| Peer violence perpetration | – | – | – | 8.72 (7.25, 10.49) |
Reference categories are those with female, 11/12 grade, White race/ethnicity, lived with two guardians, did not experience child maltreatment, experienced average/high parenting style, did not binge drink, did not use illicit drugs, did not carry a weapon, had high self-efficacy, did not attempt suicide, had mostly A’s and B’s, did not have peers involved in dating violence perpetration, and did not experience peer violence perpetration
AOR adjusted odds ratio