This study investigated the individual and social correlates for being involved in a physical fight amongst a nationally representative sample of school attending adolescents in Kuwait. ...The multivariate analysis indicated that being male OR 2.71 CI 1.88 3.90 , a victim of bullying OR 2.77 CI 2.14 3.58 , truancy OR 2.52 CI 1.91 3.32 , planning a suicide OR 2.04 CI 1.49 2.78 and food deprivation OR 1.91 CI 1.37 2.65 were associated with an increased risk of involvement in physical fighting. ...