Bullying increased suicide risk: prospective study of Korean adolescents.
This study examines the independent impact of bullying on suicide risk. Bullying was assessed by peer nomination in a prospective study of 1,655 7th and 8th grade Korean students, and suicide by youth self-report. Odds Ratios (ORs) of bullying for suicidal risks were computed, controlling for other suicide risk factors. Victim-Perpetrators and female Victims at baseline showed increased risk for persistent suicidality (OR: 2.4-9.8). Male Incident Victims exhibited increased risk for suicidal behaviors and ideations (OR = 4.4, 3.6). Female Persistent Perpetrators exhibited increased risks for suicidal behaviors; male Incident Perpetrators had increased risk for suicidal ideations (OR = 2.7, 2.3). Baseline-only male Victim-Perpetrators showed increased risk for suicidal ideations. (OR = 6.4). Bullying independently increased suicide risks.
Kim
Young Shin
YS
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Leventhal
Bennett L
BL
Koh
Yun-Joo
YJ
Boyce
W Thomas
WT
D000293:Adolescent; D000378:Agonistic Behavior; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010379:Peer Group; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012919:Social Behavior; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention