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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Interpers Violence. 2018 Mar 5;36(5-6):2282–2305. doi: 10.1177/0886260518760020

Table 3.

Types of Media Use and Victimization and Suicide Risk Among U.S. High School Students.

>3 Hr Watching TV
>3 Hr Playing Video Games, Computer Games, or Using the Computer (Not for School Work)
Watched TV >3 Hr and Spent >3 Hr Playing Video Games, Computer Games, or Using the Computer (Not for School Work)
aPRa,b 95% CI aPRa,b 95% CI aPRa,b 95% CI
Males
 Experienced bullying
  Electronically bullied 1.13 [0.86, 1.49] 1.32** [1.12, 1.55] 1.60** [1.15, 2.22]
  Bullied on school property 1.17 [0.96, 1.42] 1.25** [1.07, 1.46] 1.55** [1.20, 2.01]
  Both bullied electronically and on school property 1.26 [0.97, 1.62] 1.44* [1.12, 1.85] 1.96** [1.36, 2.82]
 Experienced dating violencec,d
  None Ref Ref Ref
  Physical dating violence only 0.97 [0.75, 1.26] 1.05 [0.83, 1.33] 1.16 [0.70, 1.92]
  Sexual dating violence only 1.13 [0.75, 1.70] 1.17 [0.86, 1.59] 1.39 [0.78, 2.46]
  Both physical and sexual dating violence 1.48 [1.02, 2.14] 1.20 [0.89, 1.61] 2.06* [1.17, 3.65]
 Suicide risk
  Seriously considered suicidec 0.87 [0.71, 1.07] 1.21** [1.06, 1.37] 0.90 [0.70, 1.18]
  Made a plan to attempt suicidec 0.96 [0.78, 1.18] 1.34*** [1.16, 1.54] 1.19 [0.95, 1.48]
  Attempted suicidec 0.71* [0.52, 0.97] 1.11 [0.96, 1.29] 0.76 [0.56, 1.16]
  Any suicide riskc 0.89 [0.75, 1.06] 1.20** [1.09, 1.33] 0.97 [0.77, 1.22]
Females
 Experienced bullying
  Electronically bullied 0.97 [0.85, 1.12] 1.20** [1.08, 1.34] 1.29* [1.05, 1.58]
  Bullied on school property 1.17* [1.03, 1.33] 1.03 [0.95, 1.13] 1.16 [0.96, 1.40]
  Both bullied electronically and on school property 1.04 [0.90, 1.20] 1.13 [0.97, 1.31] 1.29* [1.06, 1.57]
 Experienced dating violencec,d
  None Ref Ref Ref
  Physical dating violence only 0.91 [0.67, 1.21] 1.05 [0.87, 1.27] 0.80 [0.53, 1.22]
  Sexual dating violence only 1.05 [0.80, 1.39] 1.08 [0.89, 1.33] 1.14 [0.82, 1.57]
  Both physical and sexual dating violence 0.96 [0.71, 1.28] 1.11 [0.94, 1.31] 0.92 [0.61, 1.39]
 Suicide risk
  Seriously considered suicidec 1.13 [0.98, 1.30] 1.14*** [1.06, 1.22] 1.35** [1.11, 1.66]
  Made a plan to attempt suicidec 1.06 [0.91, 1.23] 1.13** [1.04, 1.23] 1.18 [0.95, 1.46]
  Attempted suicidec 1.22 [0.96, 1.56] 0.99 [0.88, 1.12] 1.24 [0.92, 1.67]
  Any suicide riskc 1.15 [1.00, 1.32] 1.17**** [1.09, 1.26] 1.33** [1.08, 1.64]

Note. CI = confidence interval.

a

Adjusted prevalence ratio.

b

Models adjusted for race/ethnicity, grade, and sexual identity; current alcohol use; and current marijuana use.

c

Models adjusted for race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, current alcohol use, current marijuana use, bullied electronically, and bullied on school property.

d

Among the 4,986 male and 5,107 female students who reported dating during the 12 months prior to the survey, and who had complete data for each of the dating violence variables.

p<.10;

*

p<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001;

****

p<.0001