Online and offline sexual harassment associations of anxiety and depression in an adolescent sample

Figures & data

Table 1. Prevalence of sexual harassment among boys and girls, Chi2-test and total prevalence of sexual harassment.

	Total (n = 594)		Girls (n = 367)		Boys (n = 227)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ^2	p	Phi
Online	47	7.91	34	9.26	13	5.73	1.95	0.16	–0.06
Offline	145	24.41	98	26.70	47	20.70	2.42	0.12	–0.07
Online and Offline	50	8.42	46	12.53	4	1.76	19.74	<0.001	–0.19
Not harassed	352	59.26	189	51.50	163	71.81	23.12	<0.001	0.20

Table 2. Results from multiple regression for the total sample.

	Anxiety (RCADS)		Depression (BYI-D)
	Adj.R^2	ß	Adj.R^2	ß
Model	0.28***		0.29**
Gender		–0.29***		–0.15***
Online		0.11**		0.12**
Offline		0.20***		0.20***
Online and Offline		0.18***		0.22***
Satisfaction with peer-relationships		–0.30***		–0.40***

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

Table 3. Results from multiple regression for girls and boys separately.

	Anxiety (RCADS)				Depression (BYI-D)
	Girls		Boys		Girls		Boys
	Adj.R^2	ß	Adj.R^2	ß	Adj.R^2	ß	Adj.R^2	ß
Model	0.20***		0.14***		0.28***		0.21***
Online		0.14**		0.06		0.15**		0.06
Offline		0.22***		0.21**		0.20***		0.21**
Online and Offline		0.21***		0.14*		0.25***		0.16**
Satisfaction with peer-relationships		–0.34***		–0.28***		–0.43***		–0.37***

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.