[Retracted] Prevalence and Associated Factors of Peer Victimization (Bullying) among Grades 7 and 8 Middle School Students in Kuwait
Table 2
Association of bullying behavior with school achievement, smoking status, number of class friends, and physical disabilities.
Bullying behavior
Uninvolved
Bullies
Victims
Bully victims
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
Final grade
<70% (Fail/fair)
43 (66.2)
6 (9.2)
10 (15.4)
6 (9.2)
0.018
70–79% (Good)
119 (67.6)
4 (2.3)
32 (18.2)
21 (11.9)
80–89% (Very good)
260 (67.5)
19 (4.9)
81 (21.0)
25 (6.5)
90–100 (Excellent)
359 (73.6)
6 (1.7)
62 (17.6)
25 (7.1)
Smoking Status
Nonsmoker
668 (70.3)
29 (3.1)
179 (18.8)
74 (7.8)
Smoker
8 (38.1)
6 (28.6)
6 (28.6)
1 (4.5)
Number of close friends
<3
109 (67.7)
74 (7.8)
33 (20.5)
14 (8.7)
0.452
3–5
173 (69.5)
1 (4.5)
48 (19.3)
23 (9.2)
≥6
371 (71.1)
24 (4.6)
92 (17.6)
35 (6.7)
Physical disability
Asthma
80 (53.7)
10 (6.7)
45 (30.2)
14 (9.4)
<0.001
Diabetes mellitus
15 (51.7)
2 (6.9)
6 (20.7)
6 (20.7)
Obesity
39 (52.7)
4 (5.4)
22 (29.7)
9 (12.2)
0.011
Hearing problems
28 (53.8)
2 (3.8)
14 (26.9)
8 (15.4)
Eye problems
125 (62.2)
5 (2.5)
48 (23.9)
23 (11.4)
0.021
Walking problems
26 (44.1)
1 (1.7)
24 (40.7)
8 (13.6)
<0.00
Digestive problems
18 (50.0)
3 (8.3)
10 (27.8)
5 (13.9)
0.02
Skin problems
53 (58.9)
4 (4.4)
21 (23.3)
12 (13.3)
0.083
Speech problems
18 (54.5)
2 (6.1)
10 (30.3)
3 (9.1)
0.13
Malformations
11 (57.9)
2 (10.5)
5 (26.3)
1 (5.3)
0.20
(i) % represents row percent. (ii) Values were generated using Chi-square test and ischer’s exact test. (iii) Frequencies may not add to the total due to missing values.
