Research Article

Pathological Internet Use—An Important Comorbidity in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Prevalence and Correlation Patterns in a Naturalistic Sample of Adolescent Inpatients

Table 6

Peer victimization.

Number of experiences of being bullied or of active bullyingNon-PIUPIUEffect size
Mean(SD)Mean(SD)

Being bullied offline7.0(8.5)12.8(9.9)0.710.650.002
Being bullied online0.9(1.5)2.1(2.9)0.89.840.002
Active bullying offline0.05(0.2)0.2(0.4)0.32.420.123
Active bullying online0.2(0.8)0.7(1.3)0.73.290.073

: all values after controlling for gender.