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Table 3 Students’ awareness of bullying and acceptance of school anti-bullying education

From: A pilot intervention study on bullying prevention among junior high school students in Shantou, China

 

Male

Female

Before intervention

n (%)

After intervention

n (%)

χ2

Before intervention

n (%)

After intervention

n (%)

χ2

Awareness of bullying

 Intervention group

  Do not know

18 (19.6) a

7 (7.5) b

 

21 (24.7) a

5 (5.9) b

 

  Know a little

59 (64.1) a

51 (54.9) a

13.417**

54 (63.5) a

47 (55.3) a

22.634***

  Know very well

15 (16.3) a

35 (37.6) b

 

10 (11.8) a

33 (38.8) b

 

 Control group

  Do not know

26 (46.4)

18 (32.2)

 

22 (25.9)

24 (28.2)

 

  Know a little

25 (44.7)

32 (57.1)

2.405

48 (56.5)

47 (55.3)

0.132

  Know very well

5 (8.9)

6 (10.7)

 

15 (17.6)

14 (16.5)

 

Acceptance of school anti-bullying education

 Intervention group

81 (88.0)

87 (93.5)

1.680

75 (89.3)

83 (97.6)

4.854*

 Control group

52 (94.5)

50 (89.3)

1.030

82 (97.6)

80 (94.1)

1.305

  1. *: P<0.05, **: P<0.01, ***: P<0.001
  2. a and b: different subscripts indicate that the difference between groups is statistically significant