Victims of bullying in childhood and suicide attempts in adulthood
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Purpose: To examine whether self-reported exposure to bullying during childhood is associated with suicide attempts over the life course, and if so, what mechanisms could account for this relationship. Subjects and methods: A random probability sample comprising 7461 respondents was interviewed for the 2007 survey of psychiatric morbidity of adults in Great Britain. Survey respondents were asked about suicidal attempts and whether they were bullied in childhood. Results: Recall of being bullied in childhood decreased with age from 25% of 16–24-year-olds to 4% among those 75 or over with few differences in the proportions between men and women. Bullying co-occurred with several victimisation experiences including sexual abuse and severe beatings and with running away from home. Even after controlling for lifetime factors known to increase the risk of suicidal behaviour, adults who reported bullying in childhood were still more than twice as likely as other adults to attempt suicide later in life. Discussion: Being the victim of bullying involves the experience of suffering a defeat and humiliation that in turn could lead to entrapment, hopelessness, depression and suicidal behaviour. Conclusions: Bullying is already known to be associated with substantial distress and other negative consequences and this further evidence of a strong correlation with the risk of suicide in later life should increase further the motivation of society, services and citizens to act decisively to reduce bullying in childhood.
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Chronic social stress is a prominent contributor to mood disorder prevalence and suicide attempts in victims of bullying.
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- Authors
- Meltzer, H., Vostanis, P., Ford, T., Bebbington, P., & Dennis, M. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Leicester (GB)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Swansea University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Meltzer, H.
- Venue
- European Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2011-11
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 498-503
- ISSN
- 0924-9338 (ISSN-L)
- 1778-3585
- OpenAlex
- W2132710722
- Cited by
- 150
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 12.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- European Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Keywords
- childhood bullying, bullying victimization, suicide attempts, suicidal behavior, sexual abuse, running away from home, depression, hopelessness, humiliation, life course, psychiatric morbidity
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Depression, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Social Problems, Suicide, Attempted, Prevalence, Crime Victims, Adult Survivors of Child Abuse, Self Report, Bullying
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