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Suicide Ideation and Attempts and Bullying in Children and Adolescents: Psychiatric and General Population Samples

Dickerson Mayes, Susan, Baweja, Raman, Calhoun, Susan L., Syed, Ehsan, Mahr, Fauzia, Siddiqui, Farhat·2014·Crisis

Abstract

Background: Studies of the relationship between bullying and suicide behavior yield mixed results. Aims: This is the first study comparing frequencies of suicide behavior in four bullying groups (bully, victim, bully/victim, and neither) in two large psychiatric and community samples of young children and adolescents. Method: Maternal ratings of bullying and suicide ideation and attempts were analyzed for 1,291 children with psychiatric disorders and 658 children in the general population 6–18 years old. Results: For both the psychiatric and community samples, suicide ideation and attempt scores for bully/victims were significantly higher than for victims only and for neither bullies nor victims. Differences between victims only and neither victims nor bullies were nonsignificant. Controlling for sadness and conduct problems, suicide behavior did not differ between the four bullying groups. All children with suicide attempts had a comorbid psychiatric disorder, as did all but two children with suicide ideation. Conclusion: Although the contribution of bullying per se to suicide behavior independent of sadness and conduct problems is small, bullying has obvious negative psychological consequences that make intervention imperative. Interventions need to focus on the psychopathology associated with being a victim and/or perpetrator of bullying in order to reduce suicide behavior.

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Authors
Dickerson Mayes, S., Baweja, R., Calhoun, S. L., Syed, E., Mahr, F., & Siddiqui, F.
Affiliations
  • Department of Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
Venue
Crisis
Published
2014-09-01
Volume
35
Issue
5
Pages
301-309
ISSN
  • 0227-5910 (ISSN-L)
  • 2151-2396
OpenAlex
W2128934685
Cited by
41
References
67
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
FWCI
5.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Crisis (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL063772)
  • National Center for Research Resources (C06RR016499, M01RR010732)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Social Sciences › Health › Gun Ownership and Violence Research
Keywords
bullying, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, children, adolescents, bullying victims, bully-victims, psychiatric comorbidity, sadness, conduct problems, maternal ratings
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Mental Disorders, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Suicide, Attempted, Bullying, Suicidal Ideation

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