Table 3.
Scores of the Youth Self Report by experiences of being a bully/victim (preadolescent girls)
| Scale | Neither, n = 69 | Victim, n = 52 | Bully, n = 9 | Bully + Victim, n = 32 | F value | p value | Post hoc (Tukey) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| Withdrawn | 2.05 | 1.967 | 2.83 | 2.728 | 2.10 | 1.455 | 3.62 | 2.468 | 3.139 | .0273 | Not significant |
| Somatic complaints | 1.79 | 2.763 | 3.64 | 3.116 | .96 | 1.216 | 3.54 | 2.663 | 5.623 | .0012* | B/V > N |
| Anxious/depressed | 3.76 | 3.294 | 7.67 | 5.964 | 4.93 | 3.361 | 8.61 | 5.151 | 10.193 | .0000*** | B/V, V > N |
| Social problems | 2.76 | 1.812 | 4.92 | 2.889 | 3.92 | 2.151 | 4.68 | 2.968 | 6.938 | .0000*** | V, B/V > N |
| Thought problems | 1.44 | 2.090 | 2.40 | 2.310 | 2.67 | 2.495 | 2.88 | 2.366 | 4.833 | .0031* | B/V > N |
| Attention problems | 4.11 | 2.647 | 6.50 | 3.235 | 5.82 | 3.942 | 6.18 | 3.076 | 5.440 | .0014* | V > N |
| Delinquent behavior | 1.02 | 1.281 | 1.65 | 1.744 | 2.16 | 1.938 | 2.60 | 2.276 | 8.691 | .0000*** | B/V > V, N |
| Aggressive behavior | 4.21 | 3.744 | 6.61 | 4.244 | 10.79 | 5.577 | 9.31 | 4.703 | 13.394 | .0000*** | B, B/V > N |
| Internalizing scale | 7.51 | 6.400 | 13.79 | 9.848 | 7.85 | 4.992 | 15.30 | 7.635 | 8.210 | .0000*** | B/V > N |
| Externalizing scale | 5.23 | 4.589 | 8.26 | 5.210 | 12.95 | 7.085 | 11.91 | 6.549 | 12.971 | .0000*** | B, B/V > N, B/V > V |
Multiple imputation was used to impute missing values. One-way ANOVAs were performed. Comparisons performed using the Turkey’s test
N, Neither; B, Bully; V, Victim; B/V, Bully + Victim
* p < .01, ** p < .001, *** p < .0001