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Table 2 Descriptive data and group differences for each bullying role, presented as percentages, means and standard deviation (M ± SD)

From: Does psychological functioning mediate the relationship between bullying involvement and weight loss preoccupation in adolescents? A two-stage cross-sectional study

 

N

Uninvolved

Bully

Victim

Bully-victim

p

N

767

174

150

140

303

 

 %

 

22.7

19.6

18.3

39.5

 

Sex (%)

  Girls

406

50.6

51.3

67.9

48.2

.001

  Boys

361

49.4

48.7

32.1

51.8

Ethnicity (%)

  White British

648

84.4

81.2

87.0

86.1

.48

  Other

115

15.6

18.8

13.0

13.9

Parent education (%)

   < 13 years

536

65.5

70.7

71.4

71.3

.56

   > 13 years

231

34.5

29.3

28.6

28.7

Age (M ± SD)

767

13.5 ± 1.4

13.9 ± 1.4

13.6 ± 1.4

13.6 ± 1.3

.10

Pubertal stage (M ± SD)

570

2.5 ± 0.8

2.7 ± 0.7

2.6 ± 0.8

2.6 ± 0.7

.23

BMI percentile (M ± SD)

367

3.2 ± 0.7

3.1 ± 0.9

3.2 ± 0.9

3.3 ± 0.9

.20

Psychological functioning (M ± SD)

521

0.5 ± 0.8

0.3 ± 0.8

−0.6 ± 0.9

−0.2 ± 1.0

.001

Weight loss preoccupation (M ± SD)

521

−0.4 ± 0.9

−0.0 ± 1.0

0.1 ± 1.0

0.2 ± 1.0

001