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Prevalence and sociodemographic predictors of bullying among university students in Jordan: a cross-sectional study Cover

Prevalence and sociodemographic predictors of bullying among university students in Jordan: a cross-sectional study

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|Mar 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of student.

Summary of the selected universities_

UniversityType of universityNumber of collegesNumber of students
APublic university10 collegesApproximately 20,000
BPublic university19 collegesApproximately 24,314
CPrivate university14 collegesApproximately 8000

Post comparisons test using the setting method according to the variable of the academic year to measure bullying among university students in Jordan_

Dependent variableAcademic year (I)Academic year (J)Mean difference (I–J)P
Bullying among university studentsThird yearFirst year0.562*0.018
Fourth yearFirst year0.604*0.011

Sociodemographic predictors of bullying among university students in Jordan_

ModelUnstandardized coefficientsStandardized coefficientstPCollinearity statistics
BStd. errorBeta ToleranceVIF
Gender−0.2010.112−0.097−1.7930.0740.9151.093
Age (years)0.010.0480.0180.2180.8270.4132.423
University−0.4030.087−0.296−4.6130.0010.6471.546
Academic major0.0830.1190.0380.6980.4860.8891.124
Academic year0.2130.0640.2923.350.0010.3512.85
Family income−0.0540.077−0.037−0.7030.4820.9841.016
University grade−0.0140.063−0.012−0.2240.8230.961.041

Bullying prevalence_

VariableMinimumMaximumMeanStd. deviation Percentage (%)Frequency
1. Have you been subjected to bullying at the university1.005.002.121.035Never30.0105
Rarely41.1144
Sometimes20.070
Often4.315
Always4.616
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/FON-2026-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368
Language: English
Page range: 139 - 146
Submitted on: Feb 8, 2025
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Accepted on: Feb 25, 2025
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Published on: Mar 24, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2026 Majd Alebeah, Mohammad Suliman, Asem Abdalrahim, Abdullah Alkhawaldeh, Mean Aljezawi, Mohammed ALBashtawy, Jamal Qaddumi, Wesam Taher Almagharbeh, published by Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
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