Bullying and Suicidal Behaviors Among Urban High School Youth

Abstract Purpose To determine whether involvement in bullying as a perpetrator, victim, or both victim and perpetrator (victim-perpetrator) was associated with a higher risk of suicidal ideation or suicide attempts among a multiethnic urban high school population in the United States. Methods In 200...

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Published in:Journal of adolescent health 2012-07, Vol.51 (1), p.93-95
Main Authors: Hepburn, Lisa, Ph.D, Azrael, Deborah, Ph.D, Molnar, Beth, Sc.D, Miller, Matthew, M.D., Sc.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aggression
Biological and medical sciences
Boston - epidemiology
Boston, Massachusetts
Bullying
Data Collection
Female
High School Students
High schools
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Pediatrics
Perpetrators
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk
Students
Suicidal behaviour
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide
Suicide, Attempted - psychology
Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data
United States - epidemiology
Urban Areas
Urban Population
Victims
Young people
Youth
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Summary:Abstract Purpose To determine whether involvement in bullying as a perpetrator, victim, or both victim and perpetrator (victim-perpetrator) was associated with a higher risk of suicidal ideation or suicide attempts among a multiethnic urban high school population in the United States. Methods In 2008, a total of 1,838 youth in 9th–12th grades attending public high school in Boston, MA, completed an in-school, self-reported survey of health-related behaviors. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the relationship between bullying behaviors and self-reported suicidal ideation and suicide attempts within the 12 months preceding the survey. Results Students who reported having been involved in bullying as a perpetrator, victim, or victim-perpetrator were more likely than those who had not been involved in bullying to report having seriously considered or attempted suicide within the past year. When age, race/ethnicity, and gender were controlled, students who were victim-perpetrators of bullying were at highest risk for both suicidal ideation and suicide attempt. Conclusions Urban youth who have been bullied as well as those who have bullied others are at increased risk of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts.
ISSN:1054-139X
1879-1972
DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.12.014