Relationship between the experience of being a bully/victim and mental health in preadolescence and adolescence: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Scores of the Youth Self Report by experiences of being a bully/victim (preadolescent boys)

Scale	Neither, n = 44		Victim, n = 35		Bully, n = 13		Bully + Victim, n = 76		F value	p value	Post hoc (Tukey)
Scale	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	F value	p value	Post hoc (Tukey)
Withdrawn	.87	1.483	2.74	2.631	1.77	2.351	2.67	2.637	5.304	.0016*	V, B/V > N
Somatic complaints	1.57	2.350	2.29	2.388	2.20	3.118	2.36	2.588	1.353	.2598	Not significant
Anxious/depressed	3.66	4.291	6.91	5.732	5.54	5.251	6.97	5.774	2.940	.0353	Not significant
Social problems	2.45	2.524	4.62	3.128	3.75	1.974	4.20	2.923	4.290	.0062*	V > N
Thought problems	1.43	1.408	2.43	2.634	1.94	1.322	2.46	2.154	2.158	.0953	Not significant
Attentions problems	4.71	3.503	5.78	3.590	6.21	3.830	6.11	3.556	1.406	.2433	Not significant
Delinquent behavior	1.14	1.212	1.45	1.562	2.44	1.687	2.81	2.996	7.444	.0001**	B/V > N
Aggressive behavior	4.07	3.144	6.04	4.390	8.86	5.253	9.38	5.588	10.300	.0000***	B/V, B > N
Internalizing scale	6.06	6.621	11.72	8.502	9.35	10.036	11.78	8.924	2.694	.0489	Not significant
Externalizing scale	5.21	4.043	7.48	5.658	11.30	6.542	12.19	7.928	10.516	.0000***	B/V > V, N

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

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