title: [Relationship between cyberbullying and the suicide related psychological behavior among middle and high school students in Anhui Province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the prevalence rate of cyberbullying in middle and high school students in Anhui Province and explore the relationship between cyberbullying and suicide related psychological behavior.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 5726 middle and high school students from the 7th to the 12th grades in three regular middle schools and three regular high schools recruited from three cities in the Anhui Province (Tongling, Chuzhou, and Fuyang). Tongling, Chuzhou, and Fuyang are in the south, middle and north of Anhui, respectively. Each city was selected one regular middle school and one regular high school, and 8 classes were selected form each grade from each school. A stratified cluster random sampling method was used to randomly select 5726 participants among the six schools. Self-reports on cyberbullying and suicide related psychological behavior were collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among these 5726 adolescents, 46.8% of them involved in cyberbullying. Among them, 3.2% were bullies, 23.8% were victims, and 19.8% were both. Prevalence rates of suicide idea, suicide plan, suicide preparation, suicide implementation were 19.3%, 6.9%, 4.7% and 1.8%, respectively. Cyberbullying involvement, as victims, bullies or bully-victims, increased the risk of four kinds of suicide related psychological behavior (suicide idea, suicide plan, suicide preparation, suicide implementation) (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cyberbullying has become a common occurrence in middle and high school students. Additionally, cyberbullying is closely related to suicide related psychological behavior among middle and high school students.
authors.forename: Gengfu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Guiyang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shanshan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Xiuxiu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Puyu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Su
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D058445:Bullying / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002681:China; D002947:Cities; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D015995:Prevalence; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*