Table 4.
Associations between attitudes supporting peer violence and experience with peer violence victimization among boys and girls after controlling for demographic characteristics, personal characteristics, family environment, and peer environment
| Peer violence victimization AOR (95% CI) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| Attitudes supporting boys hitting boys | 1.45 (1.10, 1.90) | 0.95 (0.74, 1.23) | 1.46 (1.11, 1.92) | 0.96 (0.74, 1.24) | 1.36 (1.03, 1.80) | 0.95 (0.73, 1.23) | 0.99 (0.70, 1.40) | 0.75 (0.54, 1.04) |
| Attitudes supporting girls hitting girls | 1.28 (0.95, 1.72) | 1.29 (0.98, 1.70) | 1.22 (0.91, 1.65) | 1.33 (1.01, 1.75) | 1.17 (0.86, 1.58) | 1.26 (0.95, 1.67) | 0.93 (0.64, 1.34) | 1.12 (0.78, 1.61) |
| Grade—7 | – | – | 1.75 (1.38, 2.20) | 1.46 (1.16, 1.84) | 1.98 (1.55, 2.53) | 1.52 (1.20, 1.93) | 1.76 (1.29, 2.41) | 1.40 (1.04, 1.90) |
| Grade—9 | – | – | 1.55 (1.21, 2.00) | 1.13 (0.89, 1.44) | 1.61 (1.24, 2.09) | 1.14 (0.89, 1.47) | 1.12 (0.82, 1.54) | 0.96 (0.70, 1.31) |
| Race/ethnicity—Hispanic | – | – | 0.89 (0.69, 1.15) | 0.76 (0.59, 0.96) | 0.81 (0.62, 1.05) | 0.67 (0.52, 0.86) | 0.74 (0.54, 1.02) | 0.59 (0.43, 0.80) |
| Race/ethnicity—African American | – | – | 0.85 (0.64, 1.13) | 0.75 (0.58, 0.97) | 0.82 (0.61, 1.10) | 0.68 (0.52, 0.90) | 0.75 (0.52, 1.07) | 0.57 (0.40, 0.80) |
| Race/ethnicity—other | – | – | 1.06 (0.67, 1.69) | 1.02 (0.63, 1.64) | 0.94 (0.58, 1.53) | 0.90 (0.55, 1.47) | 0.94 (0.52, 1.70) | 0.95 (0.53, 1.72) |
| Family composition—1 guardian | – | – | – | – | 0.94 (0.73, 1.21) | 0.94 (0.74, 1.20) | 0.88 (0.65, 1.20) | 0.96 (0.72, 1.29) |
| Family composition—multiple guardians | – | – | – | – | 1.23 (0.96, 1.58) | 1.08 (0.83, 1.39) | 1.17 (0.87, 1.58) | 1.00 (0.72, 1.38) |
| Child maltreatment | – | – | – | – | 2.20 (1.78, 2.71) | 1.88 (1.52, 2.31) | 1.74 (1.34, 2.26) | 1.42 (1.10, 1.85) |
| Inadequate parenting style | – | – | – | – | 1.25 (0.97, 1.60) | 1.05 (0.84, 1.32) | 1.10 (0.80, 1.51) | 0.90 (0.68, 1.20) |
| Binge drinking | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.05 (0.76, 1.45) | 0.71 (0.52, 0.99) |
| Illicit drug use | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.23 (0.90, 1.67) | 1.33 (0.96, 1.84) |
| Weapon carrying | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.97 (0.62, 1.51) | 0.91 (0.66, 1.24) |
| Low self-efficacy | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.90 (0.79, 1.03) | 1.01 (0.90, 1.15) |
| Suicide attempt | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.59 (1.11, 2.28) | 2.28 (1.33, 3.91) |
| Low academic grades | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.97 (0.75, 1.25) | 1.04 (0.81, 1.34) |
| Friends’ dating violence | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.36 (1.04, 1.78) | 1.10 (0.78, 1.56) |
| Peer violence perpetration | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8.01 (6.14, 10.44) | 9.61 (7.38, 12.50) |
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