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. 2019 Sep 24;10:651. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00651

Table 6.

Individual and cumulative effects of sibling and peer bullying at 12 years and depression, anxiety suicidal ideation and self-harm at 24 years.

Sibling and peer bullying status
Outcome OR (95% CI) Uninvolved Either p value Both p value Linear trend p value
Depression
N = 2,117
Unadjusted Reference 1.50 (1.09–2.05) 0.012 1.97 (1.21–3.21) 0.006 1.43 (1.16–1.78) 0.001
Imputed adjusted Reference 1.45 (1.05–1.99) 0.024 1.90 (1.15–3.13) 0.012 1.40 (1.12–1.75) 0.003
Anxiety
N = 2,105
Unadjusted Reference 1.85 (1.35–2.53) 0.000 1.78 (1.05–3.01) 0.032 1.49 (1.20–1.85) 0.000
Imputed adjusted Reference 1.73 (1.26–2.39) 0.001 1.60 (0.94–2.75) 0.085 1.41 (1.13–1.76) 0.003
Suicidal ideation
N = 2,118
Unadjusted Reference 1.61 (1.31–1.97) 0.000 2.37 (1.69–3.33) 0.000 1.57 (1.36–1.81) 0.000
Imputed adjusted Reference 1.54 (1.25–1.90) 0.000 2.18 (1.54–3.07) 0.000 1.50 (1.30–1.74) 0.000
Non-suicidal self-harm
N = 2,117
Unadjusted Reference 1.36 (1.06–1.75) 0.016 1.32 (0.85–2.05) 0.211 1.23 (1.03–1.47) 0.024
Imputed adjusted Reference 1.31 (1.01–1.69) 0.041 1.27 (0.81–1.98) 0.303 1.19 (0.99–1.44) 0.060
Suicidal self-harm
N = 2,117
Unadjusted Reference 1.79 (1.15–2.79) 0.010 3.46 (1.92–6.25) 0.000 1.85 (1.39–2.45) 0.000
Imputed adjusted Reference 1.77 (1.13–2.78) 0.012 3.47 (1.90–6.34) 0.000 1.84 (1.38–2.46) 0.000

OR, Odds ratio; CI, Confidence intervals.

Bold = p < 0.010 (Bonferroni correction).

Confounders included in imputed adjusted analysis: sex, birth order, maternal depression, internalizing and externalizing problems, psychiatric diagnosis, peer bullying victimization and perpetration, maltreatment, domestic violence.

Children presenting any psychiatric diagnosis at 7 years were excluded.

Non-Involved, Youth reporting no frequent* victimization or perpetration; Victims, Youth reporting frequent victimization only; Bully-Victims, Youth reporting both frequent victimization and perpetration; Bullies, Youth reporting frequent perpetration only.

*Frequent, At least once a week in the past 6 months.