The Relationship between Bullying and Emotional State among Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Correlation Study

Table 5

Analysis of variance of nursing students’ academic year and the dependent variables (N = 286).

Measures	Nursing students’ academic year								F (3, 282)
	First year (n = 35)		Second year (n = 34)		Third year (n = 94)		Fourth year (n = 123)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
(1) Bullying behavior	16.6	19.2	18.8	22.9	27.57	19.6	22.2	19.6	3.58	0.014
(2) DASS total	18.8	17.2	21.8	20.6	25.4	14.5	17.7	13.7	4.71	0.003
(3) DASS depression	6.97	6.74	7.97	7.30	9.06	5.60	5.96	5.12	5.27	0.001
(4) DASS anxiety	5.54	5.51	6.32	6.67	7.12	5.01	5.05	4.63	3.01	0.031
(5) DASS stress	6.28	5.74	7.55	7.22	9.28	5.21	6.74	5.26	4.47	0.004