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.