Adolescents with moderate or high friend support are about half as likely to report being bullied¶

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q3 i? Compared with low friend support, moderate (OR 0.57) and high (OR 0.54) friend support were associated with roughly half the odds of being bullied in the term. → Rothon Catherine 2011

Evidence¶

Rothon Catherine 2011¶

Rothon Catherine, Head Jenny, Klineberg Emily, Stansfeld Stephen. (2011). Can social support protect bullied adolescents from adverse outcomes? A prospective study on the effects of bullying on the educational achievement and mental health of adolescents at secondary schools in East London. Journal of Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.02.007

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Univariate logistic regression on baseline RELACHS bullying reports (9.1% bullied sometimes or more often). "There was evidence that those with moderate (OR = 0.57, 95% CI 0.46, 0.71) and high (OR = 0.54, 95% CI 0.35, 0.83) levels of social support from friends were about half as likely to have been bullied." Older pupils were also less likely to be bullied (OR 0.56).

"There was evidence that those with moderate (OR = 0.57, 95% CI 0.46, 0.71) and high (OR = 0.54, 95% CI 0.35, 0.83) levels of social support from friends were about half as likely to have been bullied."

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