Bullying and suicidal behaviors among urban high school youth.
Hepburn L, Azrael D, Molnar B, Miller M.
Source
Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
PURPOSE:
To determine whether involvement in bullying as a perpetrator, victim, or both victim and perpetrator (victim-perpetrator) was associated with a higher risk of suicidal ideation or suicide attempts among a multiethnic urban high school population in the United States.
METHODS:
In 2008, a total of 1,838 youth in 9th-12th grades attending public high school in Boston, MA, completed an in-school, self-reported survey of health-related behaviors. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the relationship between bullying behaviors and self-reported suicidal ideation and suicide attempts within the 12 months preceding the survey.
RESULTS:
Students who reported having been involved in bullying as a perpetrator, victim, or victim-perpetrator were more likely than those who had not been involved in bullying to report having seriously considered or attempted suicide within the past year. When age, race/ethnicity, and gender were controlled, students who were victim-perpetrators of bullying were at highest risk for both suicidal ideation and suicide attempt.
CONCLUSIONS:
Urban youth who have been bullied as well as those who have bullied others are at increased risk of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts.
J Adolesc Health. 2012 Jul;51(1):96-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.11.024. Epub 2012 Feb 22.
Bullying among adolescents in a sub-Saharan middle-income setting.
Wilson ML, Bovet P, Viswanathan B, Suris JC.
Source
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland.
Abstract PURPOSE:
This study explored factors associated with self-reported bullying among adolescents in a sub-Saharan country.
METHODS:
A cross-sectional sample of adolescents (n = 1,427) in the Seychelles was drawn from the Global School-based Student Health Survey. Bullied adolescents were compared with non-bullied adolescents with respect to several sociodemographic factors. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed.
RESULTS:
Within a 30 day period, 38.8% of adolescents reported being bullied. Bullied youths were more likely to be depressed (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.63; confidence intervals [CI] = 1.27-1.07) and socially deprived (aOR = 1.85; CI = 1.30-2.61). Being older (aOR = .83; CI = .77-.90) and having close friends (aOR = .53; CI = .31-.91) were protective factors.
CONCLUSIONS:
The prevalence of bullying in the Seychelles is high, and social correlates are similar to those in industrialized settings. More research is needed to examine bullying patterns outside the school environment.
Health Promot Pract. 2012 Jul;13(4):489-95. doi: 10.1177/1524839910386887. Epub 2011 Mar 21.
The implementation of a statewide bullying prevention program: preliminary findings from the field and the importance of coalitions.
Schroeder BA, Messina A, Schroeder D, Good K, Barto S, Saylor J, Masiello M.
Source
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Windber Research Institute, Windber, Pennsylvania, USA.
Abstract
Bullying in schools has become recognized as a significant public health problem. The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) has been identified as an effective means to reduce bullying behavior in schools. The goal of this large population-based initiative was to reduce bullying by producing a quantifiable change in school climate using an established program and standardized measurement tool. Program participants over a 2-year period included 56,137 students and more than 2,400 teachers from 107 schools in 49 counties across Pennsylvania. An age cohorts design was used, and data from two equivalent age cohorts of students were compared at two or more points in time. After 1 to 2 years of program implementation, across cohorts, there were reductions in student self-reports of bullying others, and improvements in student perceptions of adults' responsiveness, and students' attitudes about bullying. This study is the largest bullying prevention initiative to date in the United States. This initiative reaffirms the efficacy of the OBPP, emphasizes the importance of an identified coalition, and highlights several positive outcomes. It is recommended that the OBPP be implemented through the establishment of community partnerships and coalitions as consistent with the public health model.
Gesundheitswesen. 2012 Jul;74 Suppl:S76-83. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1312643. Epub 2012 Jul 26.
[Mobbing and violence at school. Trends from 2002 to 2010].
[Article in German]
Melzer W, Oertel L, Ottova V; HBSC-Team Deutschland.
Collaborators (4) Source
Institut für Schulpädagogik und Grundschulpädagogik, Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaften, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstraße 13, Dresden. wolfgang.melzer@tu-dresden.de
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to undertake an assessment and differentiated examination of the development of bullying and violence in schools between 2002 and 2010 in Germany.We examined the national German data of Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in 2002, 2006 and 2010. A paper-pencil questionnaire was distributed to a representative sample (N=17 929) of 11-, 13- and 15-year-old school children. The evaluation of the data was done by descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses, controlled by age, gender, family affluence, school type and survey year.A clear positive trend could be identified: from 2002 to 2010 the number of bullies and bully victims decreased whereas the group of the uninvolved pupils increased. There was a delay in this trend for children with low family affluence.The obvious success in the prevention of violence is shown by the decreasing rate of bullies. The paper discusses whether future prevention should focus more on victims and children with educationally deprived background.
Child Abuse Negl. 2012 Jul-Aug;36(7-8):585-95. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.05.006. Epub 2012 Jul 31.
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