Table 2. The number of the adolescents who sought help for psychological distress according to bullying status^a and sources of help.

	Total of subjects	(n = 8407)	Uninvolved	(n = 7734)	Pure bullies	(n = 318)	Pure victims	(n = 261)	Bully-victims	(n = 94)
	3161	37.6%	2844	36.8%	131	41.2%	142	54.4%	44	46.8%
Sources of help*
Informal help-seeking	3003		2715		148		144		48
Peers	2771		2492		127		115		37
Family members	1192		1064		43		66		19
Teachers	134		102		10		15		7
Formal help-seeking	222		169		16		25		12
(Health care professionals)

Note. The number of students who sought help, divided according to the total number of adolescents, is shown by bullying status. The frequencies of the subjects who sought help are significantly associated with bullying status in the adolescents (^ap<0.001, Kruskal-Wallis test). The frequency is significantly higher among pure victims than among the uninvolved and pure bullies (p<0.001, with Bonferroni test). *Multiple answers.