title: The Association Between Political Violence and the Connection Between Bullying and Suicidality Among Palestinian Youth.
abstract: We examined the association between protracted political violence and the connection between bullying and suicidality among Palestinian adolescents. Data were collected from a representative sample of Palestinian students (N = 5,713) from 100 schools in the West Bank and East Jerusalem who completed an in-class survey. Students who were victims of bullying or bully victims who were exposed to political violence were at higher risk for suicide attempts compared to students who were victims of bullying or bully victims but not exposed to political violence. Political violence moderated the association between bullying and suicide attempts after controlling for socio demographic and other mental health variables.
authors.affiliation: Al-Quds Nutrition and Health Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Ziad
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Abdeen
authors.affiliation: Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel.
authors.forename: Anat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brunstein-Klomek
authors.affiliation: Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel.
authors.forename: Ora
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nakash
authors.affiliation: Al-Quds Nutrition and Health Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shibli
authors.affiliation: Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel.
authors.forename: Maayan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagar
authors.affiliation: Al-Quds Nutrition and Health Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Hazem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Agha
authors.affiliation: Al-Quds Nutrition and Health Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Sameh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hallaq
authors.affiliation: Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel.
authors.forename: Yaniv
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanat-Maymon
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Economics and Management, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany.
authors.forename: Hendrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Juerges
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Mental Health, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Itzhak
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Levav
authors.affiliation: Al-Quds Nutrition and Health Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Radwan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Qasrawi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018912:Arabs / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D058445:Bullying / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D011057:Politics; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology