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Table 2 Sample and psychological distress characteristics among adolescents in Morocco

From: Prevalence and associated factors of psychological distress among a national sample of in-school adolescents in Morocco

Variable

Sample

Psychological distress

 

Both sexes

Male

Female

N (%)

%

%

%

Socio-demographics

All

6745

23.3

18.0

29.2

 Age in years

  13 or less

1863 (26.8)

16.4

16.5

14.9

  14–15

2212 (31.9)

21.9

14.4

28.6

  16 or more

2558 (41.3)

30.3

21.2

41.0

Psychosocial distress

 No close friends

698 (10.2)

37.6

32.3

48.3

 Bullied in past month

  0 days

3869 (61.5)

15.9

11.1

19.7

  1 or 2 days

1511 (23.8)

29.3

20.0

40.5

  3–30 days

955 (14.7)

45.5

36.7

59.6

 Physically attacked in past year

  0 times

5080 (76.7)

20.2

14.1

25.6

  time

795 (11.5)

32.5

26.6

40.1

  2 or more times

793 (11.7)

38.8

31.6

53.1

 In physical fight in past year

  0 times

64.2 (63.4)

21.7

14.1

26.7

  1 time

18.4 (18.4)

23.2

15.1

35.2

 2 or more times

17.4 (18.2)

31.8

27.4

46.5

Social-environmental factors

 Mostly/always feeling hungry

680 (9.2)

38.5

36.6

42.7

 Low peer support

3085 (45.4)

25.6

18.9

34.0

 Parental emotional neglect

1655 (24.1)

25.1

20.2

34.2

 Parents never check home work

2029 (29.5)

25.7

20.2

33.5

 Parents disrespect privacy

818 (13.1)

30.7

18.0

36.0

 Passive smoking in past week

  0 days

3908 (59.0)

20.8

14.8

26.2

  1–6 days

2104 (31.9)

24.7

18.4

32.2

  All 7 days

580 (9.1)

38.2

30.7

43.4

 School truancy (past month)

  0 days

4584 (69.3)

20.6

14.5

25.7

  1–2 days

1317 (20.6)

28.4

20.0

37.5

  3 or more days

644 (10.1)

36.1

31.6

48.7

Health risk behaviours

 Current tobacco use

913 (13.5)

31.9

29.8

40.4

 Current cannabis use

453 (6.3)

34.1

37.1

37.6

 Ever used amphetamine

464 (7.8)

37.2

36.6

47.9

 Leisure time sedentary behaviour/day

  < 3 h

4574 (67.5)

21.2

16.3

24.9

  3–4 h

1100 (18.7)

26.2

15.6

36.3

  5–7 h

485 (8.4)

31.6

24.6

41.4

  ≥ 8 h

306 (5.4)

39.8

36.9

43.7

 Injury in past 12 months

  0 times

4251 (68.4)

18.1

12.1

22.2

  1 time

1206 (19.5)

29.7

23.2

39.0

  2 or more times

735 (12.1)

39.5

32.2

58.6

 Soft drink intake/day

  0

4488 (67.4)

23.5

16.6

29.4

  1

1033 (15.3)

22.0

17.7

25.8

  2

423 (6.6)

22.9

21.2

31.2

  3 or more

706 (10.6)

27.1

23.5

31.3

 Fast food consumption/week

  0 days

2486 (35.5)

22.3

15.9

26.7

  1

1579 (23.7)

22.4

16.7

26.8

  2

899 (13.8)

23.5

18.3

28.8

  3–7 days

1718 (26.9)

27.0

21.5

35.6

 Fruit and vegetable intake

  < 1 serving/day

560 (8.2)

32.3

24.2

43.0

  1 or 2

2222 (34.1)

25.0

18.8

31.3

  3 or 4

1591 (24.7)

20.5

14.1

26.7

  5 or more

2158 (33.0)

22.0

17.9

25.5