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Table 2 Multivariate logistic regression between individual type of school bullying and adolescent murderous ideation and behaviours (N = 5726)

From: Is involvement in school bullying associated with increased risk of murderous ideation and behaviours among adolescent students in China?

Type of school bullying experience

%

Ideation

Plans

Preparation

Attempts

%

aOR (95%CI)a

%

aOR (95%CI)b

%

aOR (95%CI)c

%

aOR (95%CI)d

Bully

 Physical

3.5

23.2

2.43 (1.72 to 3.45)

15.2

5.97 (3.86 to 9.23)

9.6

7.98 (4.60 to 13.86)

6.1

12.79 (6.09 to 26.86)

 Verbal

6.6

24.2

2.84 (2.19 to 3.68)

11.1

4.51 (3.09 to 6.59)

6.1

5.05 (3.03 to 8.43)

3.9

9.23 (4.51 to 18.90)

 Relational

3.8

25.8

3.13 (2.26 to 4.31)

16.6

7.72 (5.14 to 11.59)

10.6

10.74 (6.40 to 18.01)

5.1

11.38 (5.38 to 24.08)

 Cyber

2.4

24.3

2.60 (1.72 to 3.91)

17.6

7.00 (4.32 to 11.35)

14.7

13.35 (7.66 to 23.28)

10.3

25.69 (12.31 to 53.59)

Victim

 Physical

6.1

20.5

2.09 (1.58 to 2.78)

8.4

2.79 (1.81 to 4.27)

4.6

2.93 (1.91 to 4.49)

3.2

5.87 (2.78 to 12.42)

 Verbal

15.7

15.9

1.67 (1.35 to 2.06)

5.7

2.09 (1.47 to 2.96)

2.9

2.19 (1.55 to 3.10)

1.6

3.17 (1.56 to 6.44)

 Relational

10.8

19.7

2.34 (1.87 to 2.93)

7.3

3.12 (2.18 to 4.48)

3.6

3.27 (2.28 to 4.68)

1.8

4.21 (2.01 to 8.79)

 Cyber

2.7

22.7

2.47 (1.67 to 3.66)

14.3

5.62 (3.44 to 9.16)

9.1

5.63 (3.45 to 9,16)

9.1

23.90 (11.54 to 49.51)

  1. Note: % refers to percent of positive ideation, plans, preparation and attempts in each type of school bullying experience
  2. a Model adjusted for gender, self-estimated family economic status, relationship with mother, relationship with father and number of friends that were statistically significant in univariate analyses
  3. b Model adjusted for gender, relationship with mother, relationship with father and number of friends
  4. c Model adjusted for gender and number of friends
  5. d Model adjusted for gender
  6. aOR Adjusted odds ratios; CI Confidence interval
  7. Results arrived statistically significant at p < 0.05 are in boldface type