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Table 3 GSEM model investigating the reciprocal association between bulling involvement and psychological distress by gender

From: Mental health problems both precede and follow bullying among adolescents and the effects differ by gender: a cross-lagged panel analysis of school-based longitudinal data in Vietnam

Bullying victimisation at Time 1

Psychological distress at Time 2a

Full sample

Female

Male

Coef. (95% CI)

p value

Coef. (95% CI)

p value

Coef. (95% CI)

p value

Not involved (ref.)

1.0

–

1.0

–

1.0

–

Victims

0.85 (− 0.12–1.82)

0.09

0.11 (− 1.15–1.38)

0.86

1.41 (− 0.08–2.90)

0.06

Bully-victims

1.82* (0.30–3.35)

0.02

1.77* (− 0.01–3.55)

0.051

1.78 (− 0.36–3.91)

0.10

Psychological distress at Time 1

Bullying victimisation at Time 2b (Ref: not involved)

Full sample

Female

Male

RRs (95% CI)

RRs (95% CI)

RRs (95% CI)

Victims

Bully-victims

Victims

Bully-victims

Victims

Bully-victims

Psychological distress

1.03* (1.00–1.05)

1.03* (1.00–1.07)

1.05** (1.01–1.09)

1.02 (0.97–1.08)

1.01 (0.98–1.04)

1.05* (1.00–1.09)

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001
  2. aGSEM models were adjusted for previous psychological distress and covariates including age, family support, friend support, witnessing parental violence, sibling conflict, student’s time spent online, perceiving other students and teachers as helping stop bullying, and family structure
  3. bGSEM models were adjusted for previous bullying victimisation and similar covariates in psychological distress models