Effect of the incident at Columbine on students' violence- and suicide-related behaviors.
BACKGROUND
This study examined the impact that the violent incident at Columbine High School may have had on reports of behaviors related to violence and suicide among U.S. high school students.


METHODS
Nationally representative data from the 1999 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) were analyzed using logistic regression analyses.


RESULTS
Students who completed the 1999 YRBS after the Columbine incident were more likely to report feeling too unsafe to go to school and less likely to report considering or planning suicide than were students who completed the 1999 YRBS before the incident.


CONCLUSIONS
These results highlight how an extreme incident of school violence can affect students nationwide.
Brener
Nancy D
ND
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA. nad1@cdc.gov
Simon
Thomas R
TR
Anderson
Mark
M
Barrios
Lisa C
LC
Small
Meg L
ML
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003120:Colorado; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D012574:Schools; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000523:psychology