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Published on: July 10, 2017
Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among youth who report bully victimization, bully perpetration and/or low
Alejandra Arango1, Kiel J Opperman2, Polly Y Gipson2
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, USA.
Abstract:
The current study examined characteristics of bullying involvement and social connectedness in relation to suicide ideation and attempts in a sample of youth who report bully victimization, bully perpetration, and/or low social connectedness. The sample was comprised of 321 youth (67% female), ages 12-15 years (M = 13.6), recruited from an emergency department in the Midwest region of the United States. Results indicated that lower levels of social connectedness and higher levels of bully victimization and perpetration were significantly associated with suicide ideation and attempts. Level of social connectedness did not moderate the relationship between bullying involvement and suicide risk. The associations between the severity of subtypes of bully victimization and perpetration (verbal, relational, physical), electronic bullying involvement, and suicide risk were examined. Results highlight a continuum in severity of bullying involvement and social connectedness associated with suicide risk. Implications of these results are discussed.
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