Parental Reported Bullying among Saudi Schoolchildren: Its Forms, Effect on Academic Abilities, and Associated Sociodemographic, Physical, and Dentofacial Features
Table 2
Feelings toward school and relationship of academic performance and bullying.
Variables
Category
%
Bully victim
No ()
Yes ()
%
Inside class
Like
115
11.2
59
56
6.1
Ambivalent
144
14.0
44
100
10.9
Hate
769
74.8
8
761
83.0
Outside class
Like
695
67.6
80
615
67.1
0.559
Ambivalent
314
31.5
30
285
31.1
Hate
19
1.8
2
17
1.9
Absence from school
Yes
767
74.6
8
759
82.8
No
184
17.9
94
90
9.8
Do not know
77
7.5
9
68
7.4
Effect on school grades
Significant effect
531
51.7
57
474
51.7
Little effect
444
43.2
31
414
45.1
No effect
53
5.2
24
30
3.2
Times bullied because of interest in school or good grades
A lot
376
36.6
6
370
40.3
A little
509
49.5
34
475
51.8
Not at all
143
13.9
71
72
7.9
°According to chi-squared and Fisher’s exact tests, indicates statistically significant difference ().
