Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2017 Nov 20;37(3):291–300. doi: 10.1037/hea0000569

Table 2.

Peer Victimization Status by Group

Peer victimization status Chronic pain
(n = 70)
Community
(n = 73)
Total
(n = 143)
Group differences

Cybervictimization
 Victims 28.6% 29.6% 28.7% χ2(1) = .017, p = .895
 Frequent victims   10% 7%   8.4% χ 2(1) = .396, p = .529
Cyberdistress
 Victims 26.5% 14.1% 19.6%   χ 2(1) = 3.313, p = .067
 Frequent victims 4.5% 0%   2.9%     χ 2(1) = 1.154, p = .355a
Relational victimization
 Victims 51.4% 49.3% 50.3% χ 2(1) = .064, p = .801
 Frequent victims 24.3% 18.1% 21.3% χ 2(1) = .911, p = .340
Reputational victimization
 Victims 32.9% 27.4% 30.1% χ 2(1) = .507, p = .477
 Frequent victims 10.0%   5.5%   7.7%   χ 2(1) = 1.028, p = .311
Overt victimization
 Victims 10.0%   9.6%   9.8% χ 2(1) = .012, p = .912
 Frequent victims   5.7%   2.7%   4.2% χ 2(1) = .819, p = .365
Any victimizationb
 Victims 56.5% 59.2% 57.9% χ 2(1) = .100, p = .752
 Frequent victims 27.9% 22.5% 25.2% χ 2(1) = .544, p = .461
a

Fisher’s exact test used to evaluate significance attributable to failure to meet chi square assumptions (cells had expected count less than five).

b

Does not include cyber-distress for ease of interpretation of anchors.