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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2015 May 15;183:315–321. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.05.011

Table 2.

Prevalence of measures over cyberbullying, homophobic bullying and bullying at school or elsewhere (Weighted N = 6 540)

Prevalence of measures by cyberbullying
Heterosexual % (CI) (N=5378) Gay/Lesbian % (CI) (N=88) Bisexual % (CI) (N=690) Questioning % (CI) (N=358)

YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO
Psychological distress Total 59.3 (56.4; 62.2) 39.6 (36.4; 42.8) 70.0 (53.7; 86.3) 40.9 (29.7;52.1) 81.0 (76.0; 86.0) 53.5 (47.9;59.2) 65.4 (53.5; 77.4) 41.0 (34.5;47.5)
Girls 66.1 (62.8; 69.4) 50.3 (47.8; 52.8) 76.7 (58.4; 94.9) 43.7 (27.4; 60.0) 85.4 (81.7; 89.2) 61.0 (55.2;66.7) 69.8 (55.8; 83.8) 43.3 (36.6;50.0)
Boys 47.1 (42.1; 52.1) 27.7 (25.1; 30.3) 60.7 (35.4; 86.1) 37.2 (19.9; 54.5) 61.5 (46.0; 77.0) 34.6 (24.9;44.2) 55.5 (39.2; 71.7) 35.1(24.1;45.8)
Low sefl-esteem Total 40.6 (36.6; 44.6) 29.6 (27.4; 31.8) 38.20 (22.8; 53.5) 40.0 (28.1; 52.1) 54.30 (47.8; 60.7) 34.8 (28.4;41.1) 44.50 (33.3; 55.8) 34.2 (27.9;40.5)
Girls 45.2 (40.6; 49.8) 35.3 (33.4; 37.3) 46.1 (20.6; 71.6) 37.6 (19.8; 55.4) 59.2 (52.3; 66.1) 39.9 (32.3;47.6) 51.5 (37.5; 65.6) 35.5(28.2; 42.7)
Boys 32.5 (27.2; 37.9) 23.2 (20.7; 25.7) 27.2 (3.3; 51.0) 43.3 (24.2; 62.5) 32.60 (19.8; 45.3) 21.7 (17.0;26.4) 29.0 (9.5; 48.4) 31.0 (20.6;41.4)
Suicidal ideation Total 38.5 (34.8; 42.2) 20.0 (17.9; 22.0) 57.6 (38.6; 76.6) 24.6(14.3; 35.0) 65.4 (57.8; 72.9) 37.4 (33.0;41.9) 39.9 (30.0; 49.7) 20.2 (14.8;25.6)
Girls 42.4 (38.3; 46.6) 23.2 (20.5; 26.0) 55.6 (32.0; 79.3) 24.7 (9.6; 39.7) 67.8 (59.8; 75.8) 41.3 (35.9;46.7) 37.1 (24.1; 50.1) 23.4 (16.5;30.2)
Boys 31.5 (26.5; 36.4) 16.4 (14.4; 18.3) 60.5 (26.3; 91.7) 24.6 (8.6; 40.6) 54.8 (40.2; 69.4) 27.6 (21.0;34.2) 46.0 (25.8; 66.2) 12.2 (3.9;20.5)
Prevalence of measures by homophobic bullying
Heterosexual % (CI) (N=5378) Gay/Lesbian % (CI) (N=88) Bisexual % (CI) (N=690) Questioning % (CI) (N=358)

YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO
Psychological distress Total 63.9 (54.3; 73.6) 43.5 (40.6; 46.3) 55.8 (37.9; 73.7) 45.4 (34.5; 56.3) 76.6 (68.7; 84.4) 60.3 (56.1;64.6) 79.5 (61.1; 97.9) 44.4 (38.9; 49.9)
Girls 79.3 (64.0; 94.7) 53.7 (51.6; 55.8) 91.7 (72.1; 100) 45.2 (29.7; 60.5) 88.3 (81.5; 95.0) 67.1 (62.9;71.3) 91.6 (77.2; 100) 46.6 (40.4;52.9)
Boys 33.8 (12.1; 55.6) 30.9 (28.1; 33.8) 39.6 (18.7; 60.5) 45.9 (25.6; 66.2) 51.8 (36.5; 67.2) 38.9 (30.9;46.9) 55.8 (23.5; 88.1) 38.8 (31.4;46.2)
Low sefl-esteem Total 48.40 (39.8; 57.0) 31.7 (29.4; 34.0) 48.80 (28.3; 69.4) 34.6 (21.9; 47.4) 50.80 (42.0; 59.6) 39.8 (33.9;45.7) 36.8 (19.6; 54.1) 36.8 (31.2;42.3)
Girls 48.0 (37.2; 58.9) 37.6 (35.3; 39.8) 64.3 (25.7; 100) 34.5 (18.7; 50.3) 58.4 (44.6; 72.1) 45.3 (38.9;51.7) 42.8 (25.0; 60.6) 39.1 (31.9;46.3)
Boys 49.2 (33.8; 64.7) 24.5 (21.8; 27.2) 41.9 (20.0; 63.7) 34.9 (15.6; 54.3) 34.8 (17.5; 52.1) 22.1 (17.2;27.1) 25.50 (0; 59.0) 30.9(20.4;41.4)
Suicidal ideation Total 42.9 (28.9; 56.9) 23.7 (21.5; 25.9) 60.2 (43.4; 77.0) 21.8 (10.8; 32.9) 69.2 (59.4; 79.0) 43.0 (39.6;46.5) 51.1 (37.6; 64.6) 23.1 (17.5; 28.7)
Girls 49.0 (31.9; 66.1) 27.6 (25.0; 30.3) 94.4 (82.4; 100) 20.9 (9.2; 32.7) 76.2 (63.7; 88.7) 47.1 (42.9;51.3) 59.0 (44.7; 73.3) 24.5 (17.2;31.9)
Boys 30.9 (9.6; 52.2) 18.8 (16.6; 21.1) 44.8 (28.3; 61.3) 23.7 (1.3; 46.1) 54.3 (40.6; 68.0) 30.1 (24.5;35.6) 35.6 (7.6; 63.5) 19.5 (10.9;28.1)
Prevalence of measures by bullying at school or elsewhere
Heterosexual % (CI) (N=5378) Gay/Lesbian % (CI) (N=88) Bisexual % (CI) (N=690) Questioning % (CI) (N=358)

YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO
Psychological distress Total 56.0 (52.3; 59.6) 39.9 (36.7; 43.0) 54.4 (36.3; 72.6) 46.8 (37.4; 43.0) 72.6 (67.2; 78.0) 56.6 (50.9; 62.2) 54.6 (43.0; 66.3) 44.1 (38.5; 49.7)
Girls 66.4 (62.0; 70.9) 50.0 (47.9; 52.4) 72.6 (48.1; 97.1) 45.6 (28.7; 62.3) 76.8 (71.6; 82.0) 65.2 (59.0;71.4) 63.2 (50.9; 75.6) 45.5 (39.1; 51.9)
Boys 41.6 (37.4; 45.9) 27.7 (24.5; 30.9) 38.0 (17.3; 58.6) 48.8 (33.0; 64.7) 58.1 (43.8; 72.4) 32.8 (23.7; 41.8) 40.6 (22.4; 58.8) 40.1 (29.7; 50.5)
Low sefl-esteem Total 37.9 (34.7; 41.1) 30.0 (27.5; 32.4) 44.5 (28.4; 60.5) 37.3 (24.8; 49.8) 48.6 (43.4; 53.9) 36.6 (29.9; 43.4) 37.4 (27.4; 47.3) 36.6 (30.7; 42.4)
Girls 42.3 (38.2; 46.3) 36.2 (33.7; 38.7) 54.2 (30.0; 78.3) 34.1 (17.7; 50.6) 53.8 (46.3;61.3) 42.3 (34.7; 49.8 44.3 (31.1; 57.4) 37.9 (31.1; 44.7)
Boys 32.0 (27.0; 37.0) 22.5 (20.0; 25.0) 35.7 (14.4; 56.9) 42.4 (23.9; 60.9) 30.8 (19.5; 42.1) 21.1 (15.5; 26.8) 26.1 (9.4; 42.7) 32.7 (20.0; 45.5)
Suicidal ideation Total 37.5 (34.2; 40.9) 19.6 (17.5; 21.6) 48.2 (30.8; 65.5) 26.5 (15.7; 37.3) 60.8 (54.8; 66.9) 38.1 (34.4; 41.8) 38.7 (29.2; 48.2) 20.2 (14.3; 26.0)
Girls 42.7 (38.4; 47.1) 22.9 (20.7; 25.2) 54.6 (30.0; 79.2) 26.3 (9.7; 42.9) 65.0 (58.7; 71.3) 41.7 (36.7; 46.7) 39.8 (27.7; 52.0) 22.9 (15.7; 30.1)
Boys 30.4 (26.6; 34.2) 15.6 (13.3; 17.8) 42.4 (19.3; 65.5) 26.8 (9.6; 44.1) 46.4 (33.9; 58.8) 28.3 (20.4; 36.2) 36.9 (18.0; 55.9) 12.3 (3.9; 20.6)