[Retracted] Prevalence and Associated Factors of Peer Victimization (Bullying) among Grades 7 and 8 Middle School Students in Kuwait
Table 3
Prevalence (%) of bullies, victims, and bully victims within each form of bullying (verbal, physical, relational, and cyber) by sociodemographic characteristics.
Verbal
Physical
Relational
Cyber
Bullies
Victims
B/V
Bullies
Victims
B/V
Bullies
Victims
B/V
Bullies
Victims
B/V
Gender
Male
5.5
16.5
3.0
5.2
12.4
1.9
5.5
11.3
1.9
3.0
4.1
0.6
Female
1.3
14.0
0.5
0.7
7.2
0.2
0.7
8.6
1.0
1.5
4.5
0.5
Grade
7th
2.8
16.6
2.2
2.6
10.8
1.3
2.4
11.2
1.7
1.1
6.0
0.6
8th
3.0
13.5
0.8
2.2
7.6
0.4
2.6
8.1
1.0
3.0
2.8
0.4
Nationality of the child
Kuwaiti
2.9
14.2
1.4
2.4
8.7
0.9
2.5
9.0
1.4
2.2
4.2
0.5
Non-Kuwaiti
2.4
31.7
2.4
2.5
20.0
0.0
2.4
24.4
0.0
0.0
7.5
0.0
Nationality of parents
Both Kuwaiti
2.7
13.9
1.3
2.2
8.2
0.8
2.3
8.5
1.3
2.0
4.0
0.4
One non-Kuwaiti
4.9
31.1
3.3
3.4
23.7
1.7
3.3
26.2
1.6
1.6
9.8
1.6
Marital status of parents
Married
2.9
14.0
1.5
2.1
8.3
0.9
2.4
8.7
1.4
2.1
3.9
0.4
Divorced/Widowed
2.7
21.4
0.9
4.5
15.2
0.0
3.6
17.0
0.9
1.9
7.1
1.8
(i) % represents row percent. (ii) B/V = bully victims. (iii) values were generated using Fisher’s exact test.
