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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Psychiatry. 2013 Apr 1;70(4):419–426. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.504

Table 4.

Associations between bully/victim groups and young adult psychiatric outcomes accounting for childhood psychiatric and family hardships.

Victim vs. Neither Bully-victim vs. Neither Bully vs. Neither
OR (95%CI) p value Sig. Covariates OR (95%CI) p value Sig. Covariates OR (95%CI) p value Sig. Covariates
Depressive Disorders 2.3 (0.8–6.2) 0.11 1,4 4.8 (1.2–19.4) 0.03 1,2,4,9 0.7 (0.2–2.2) 0.51 1,2,7,8
Suicidality 1.2 (0.4–3.3) 0.78 2 F: 0.6 (0.1–3.9)
M: 18.5 (6.2–55.1)
0.56
<0.001
5
7
0.4 (0.1–1.7) 0.21 1,2,7,8
Anxiety Disorders 4.3 (2.1–8.6) <0.001 1,8 2.3 (0.7–7.3) 0.17 6,9 1.1 (0.4–3.0) 0.80 5,6,9
 Generalized Anxiety 2.7 (1.1–6.3) 0.02 1,4,8,9,10 F: 1.8 (0.3–11.3)
M: 0.4 (0.1–2.4)
0.54
0.34
6,9
3,10
1.1 (0.3–3.9) 0.83 5,6,8,9
 Panic 3.1 (1.5–6.5) 0.003 1 14.5 (5.7–36.6) <0.001 1 1.6 (0.5–4.8) 0.44 1,7
 Agoraphobia 4.6 (1.7–12.5) 0.003 2,4,7,9,10 F: 26.7 (4.3–52.5)
M: 0.8(0.1–10.6)
<0.001
0.85
7
9
1.9 (0.5–6.9) 0.32 7
Antisocial Personality 0.3 (0.1–1.4) 0.11 1,4 2.4 (0.5–9.3) 0.22 1,3,4 4.1 (1.1–15.8) 0.04 1,3,4
Alcohol disorders F: 2.6(0.5–12.4)
M: 0.6(0.3–1.2)
0.12
0.12
1
7,10
0.7 (0.2–2.6) 0.62 `1,4,10 1.5 (0.6–3.3) 0.38 1,2,10
Marijuana disorder F: 3.1 (0.9–10.0)
M: 0.5(0.3–1.2)
0.06
0.11
4,8
10
0.3 (0.1–1.1) 0.06 1,10 1.2 (0.5–2.7) 0.71 1,6,10

Covariates that predicted the young adult psychiatric outcome variable significantly. Bolded ORs significant at p<0.05. Childhood psychiatric and family hardships and other covariates: 1=Sex; 2 = Low SES; 3 = Family instability; 4 = Family dysfunction; 5 = Maltreatment; 6 = Depressive disorders; 7 = Suicidality; 8 = anxiety disorders; 9 = Disruptive disorders; 10 = Substance disorders. If there was a significant sex by bully status interaction, results are presented separately for males and females.