title: Self-reported peer victimization and suicidal ideation in adolescent psychiatric inpatients: the mediating role of negative self-esteem.
abstract: The current study investigated relationships among self-reported peer victimization, suicidality, and depression in adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Sixty-seven adolescent psychiatric inpatients at a Midwestern children's hospital completed measures of bullying and peer victimization, suicidal ideation, and depression during their inpatient stay. Analyses indicated significant moderate correlations among victimization, suicidal ideation, and depression in adolescents. Results from mediational analyses found that negative self-esteem mediated the relationship between peer victimization and suicidal ideation. To date, this study is the first to directly examine the mechanisms underlying the relationship between peer victimization and suicidal ideation in adolescent psychiatric inpatients.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University, USA hjones7@vcu.edu.
authors.forename: Heather A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Akron Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: Sumru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bilge-Johnson
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.
authors.forename: Annie E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Rabinovitch
authors.affiliation: Akron Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: Hazel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fishel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012649:Self Concept; D057566:Self Report; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Depression; adolescents; bullying; peer victimization; suicidal ideation