Peer victimisation during adolescence and its impact on wellbeing in adulthood: a prospective cohort study

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Table 3 Linear regression results for wellbeing aged 23 years based on experiences of peer victimisation

		Occasional victimisation†				Frequent victimisation††
	N	Estimate	SE	P value	R Squared	Estimate	SE	P value	R Squared
Model 1
Unadjusted model	3015	−1.04	0.36	< 0.01	0.01	−2.71	0.46	< 0.001	0.01
Model 2 ^a
Adjusted for confounders only	1882	0.08	0.45	0.85	0.08	−0.83	0.67	0.21	0.08
Model 3 ^b
Adjusted for depression only	2268	−0.74	0.40	< 0.05	0.04	−2.28	0.53	< 0.001	0.04
Model 4 ^a,b
Adjusted for depression and confounders	1486	0.40	0.50	0.42	0.08	−0.53	0.75	0.48	0.08
Model 5 ^c
Adjusted for adult victimisation only	2558	−0.90	0.38	< 0.05	0.03	−2.21	0.50	< 0.001	0.03
Model 6 ^a,c
Adjusted for adult victimisation and confounders	1631	0.18	0.47	0.71	0.08	−0.44	0.72	0.54	0.08
Model 7 ^b,c
Adjusted for adult victimisation and depression	1937	−0.58	0.42	0.17	0.04	−1.94	0.57	< 0.001	0.04
Model 8 ^a,b,c
Adjusted for adult victimisation, depression, and confounders	1485	0.55	0.49	0.26	0.10	−0.35	0.74	0.64	0.10

Note:
^a Adjustments: children’s individual characteristics (sex, emotional and behavioural problems aged 7, depressive symptoms and bullying perpetration aged 13, employment status and income aged 23) and family characteristics (social class reported by mothers, mother’s education, maternal depression and child exposure to physical or sexual abuse aged 7)
^b Adjustments: depression diagnoses from the CIS-R at 18 years
^c Adjustments: peer victimisation at 23 years
† Estimates relate to the impact of occasional victimisation on wellbeing aged 23
†† Estimates relate to the impact of frequent victimisation on wellbeing aged 23

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