Self-Harm, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicide Attempts in Chinese Adolescents Involved in Different Sub-types of Bullying : A Cross-Sectional Study

Copyright © 2020 Peng, Hu, Yuan, Xiang, Kang, Wang, Rong, Huang and Yu..

Background: Bullying tends to peak during adolescence, and it is an important risk factor of self-harm and suicide. However, research on the specific effect of different sub-types of bullying is limited. Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the associations between four common forms of bullying (verbal, physical, relational, and cyber) and self-harm, suicidal ideation (SI), and suicide attempts (SA). Method: This was a cross-sectional study of a sample including 4,241 Chinese students (55.8% boys) aged 11 to 18 years. Bullying involvement, self-harm, SI, and SA were measured via The Juvenile Campus Violence Questionnaire (JCVQ). The association was examined through multinomial logistic regression analysis, adjusted for demographic characteristics and psychological distress. Results: Bullying victimization and perpetration were reported by 18.0 and 10.7% of participants. The prevalence of self-harm, SI, and SA were 11.8, 11.8, and 7.1%, respectively. Relational bullying victimization and perpetration were significantly associated with SI only, SI plus self-harm, and SA. Physical bullying victimization and perpetration were risk factors of self-harm only and SA. Verbal victimization was significantly associated with SI only. Cyber perpetration was a risk factor of SA. Conclusions: The findings highlight the different effects of sub-types of bullying on self-harm and suicidal risk. Anti-bullying intervention and suicide prevention efforts should be prior to adolescents who are involved in physical and relational bullying.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in psychiatry - 11(2020) vom: 01., Seite 565364

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Peng, Chang [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Wenzhu [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Shanshan [VerfasserIn]
Xiang, Jingjing [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Chun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Mengni [VerfasserIn]
Rong, Fajuan [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yunxiang [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yizhen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescents
Bullying
Journal Article
Self-harm
Suicidal ideation
Suicide attempts

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Date Revised 22.12.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fpsyt.2020.565364

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319082547