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. 2014 Feb 12;14:157. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-157

Table 3.

Confounding patterns of the association between TV exposure between ages 2 and 5 years and teacher report of bullying involvement in early elementary school

 
Teacher report (N = 3423)
TV exposure latent class
Model 1: Unadjusted
Model 1 adjusted for maternal socio-demographic covariates a
Model 1 adjusted for maternal psychosocial covariates b
Model 1 adjusted for child socio-demographic covariates c
Model 1 adjusted for child internalizing and externalizing problems d
    OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
 
Risk of being a bully
Low
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Mid-low
1.07 (0.79-1.44)
0.66
1.00 (0.74-1.35)
1.00
1.07 (0.80-1.44)
0.65
1.05 (0.78-1.42)
0.74
1.05 (0.78-1.42)
0.73
Mid-high
1.35 (0.98-1.84)
0.07
1.16 (0.84-1.60)
0.37
1.33 (0.97-1.82)
0.08
1.27 (0.92-1.76)
0.14
1.32 (0.96-1.81)
0.09
High
1.74 (1.22-2.50)
0.002
1.30 (0.90-1.90)
0.16
1.70 (1.18-2.44)
0.004
1.50 (1.03-2.21)
0.04
1.71 (1.19-2.48)
0.004
 
Risk of being a victim
Low
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Mid-low
1.17 (0.71-1.92)
0.54
1.13 (0.68-1.86)
0.63
1.16 (0.71-1.91)
0.55
1.13 (0.69-1.87)
0.62
1.17 (0.71-1.92)
0.54
Mid-high
1.11 (0.64-1.95)
0.71
1.03 (0.58-1.84)
0.91
1.09 (0.62-1.92)
0.77
1.00 (0.56-1.76)
0.99
1.09 (0.61-1.92)
0.77
High
2.38 (1.33-4.28)
0.004
1.93 (1.03-3.66)
0.04
2.27 (1.25-4.12)
0.007
1.94 (1.02-3.44)
0.04
2.20 (1.21-3.99)
0.01
 
Risk of being a bully-victim
Low
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Mid-low
1.21 (0.88-1.65)
0.24
1.08 (0.79-1.48)
0.63
1.22 (0.89-1.66)
0.21
1.17 (0.86-1.60)
0.32
1.18 (0.87-1.62)
0.28
Mid-high
1.73 (1.25-2.40)
0.001
1.33 (0.94-1.87)
0.11
1.68 (1.21-2.33)
0.002
1.61 (1.16-2.24)
0.005
1.68 (1.21-2.33)
0.002
High 2.11 (1.42-3.13) <0.001 1.39 (0.91-2.11) 0.13 1.98 (1.33-2.95) 0.001 1.79 (1.19-2.71) 0.005 2.01 (1.35-3.00) 0.001

Effect estimates are derived from multinomial regression analysis. Reference group: 'uninvolved in bullying’ children.

aAdjusted for maternal age, education, income and marital status. bAdjusted for parity, maternal symptoms of depression and parenting stress. cAdjusted for child gender, age, national origin, day-care attendance. dAdjusted for child internalizing and externalizing problems. For fully adjusted model see Table  2.