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Association of childhood bullying victimisation with suicide deaths: findings from a 50-year nationwide cohort study

BACKGROUND: Bullying victimisation has been associated with increased risk of suicide ideation and attempt throughout the lifespan, but no study has yet examined whether it translates to a greater risk of death by suicide. We aimed to determine the association of bullying victimisation with suicide...

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Autores principales: Geoffroy, Marie-Claude, Arseneault, Louise, Girard, Alain, Ouellet-Morin, Isabelle, Power, Chris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10317807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35388770
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722000836
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author Geoffroy, Marie-Claude
Arseneault, Louise
Girard, Alain
Ouellet-Morin, Isabelle
Power, Chris
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Arseneault, Louise
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description BACKGROUND: Bullying victimisation has been associated with increased risk of suicide ideation and attempt throughout the lifespan, but no study has yet examined whether it translates to a greater risk of death by suicide. We aimed to determine the association of bullying victimisation with suicide mortality. METHODS: Participants were drawn from the 1958 British birth cohort, a prospective follow-up of all births in 1 week in Britain in 1958. We conducted logistic regressions on 14 946 participants whose mothers reported bullying victimisation at 7 and 11 years with linked information on suicide deaths through the National Health Service Central Register. RESULTS: Fifty-five participants (48 males) had died by suicide between the age 18 and 52 years. Bullying victimisation was associated with suicide mortality; a one standard deviation increases in bullying victimisation linked to an increased odds for suicide mortality [odds ratio (OR) 1.29; 1.02–1.64] during adulthood. The OR attenuated by 11% after adjustment for individual (e.g. behavioural and emotional problems) and familial characteristics (e.g. adverse childhood experiences, 1.18; 0.92–1.51). Analysis of bullying victimisation frequency categories yields similar results: compared with individuals who had not been bullied, those who had been frequently bullied had an increased odds for suicide mortality (OR 1.89; 0.99–3.62). CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that individuals who have been frequently bullied have a small increased risk of dying by suicide, when no other risk factors is considered. Suicide prevention might start in childhood, with bullying included in a range of inter-correlated vulnerabilities encompassing behavioural and emotional difficulties and adverse experiences within the family.
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spelling pubmed-103178072023-07-05 Association of childhood bullying victimisation with suicide deaths: findings from a 50-year nationwide cohort study Geoffroy, Marie-Claude Arseneault, Louise Girard, Alain Ouellet-Morin, Isabelle Power, Chris Psychol Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Bullying victimisation has been associated with increased risk of suicide ideation and attempt throughout the lifespan, but no study has yet examined whether it translates to a greater risk of death by suicide. We aimed to determine the association of bullying victimisation with suicide mortality. METHODS: Participants were drawn from the 1958 British birth cohort, a prospective follow-up of all births in 1 week in Britain in 1958. We conducted logistic regressions on 14 946 participants whose mothers reported bullying victimisation at 7 and 11 years with linked information on suicide deaths through the National Health Service Central Register. RESULTS: Fifty-five participants (48 males) had died by suicide between the age 18 and 52 years. Bullying victimisation was associated with suicide mortality; a one standard deviation increases in bullying victimisation linked to an increased odds for suicide mortality [odds ratio (OR) 1.29; 1.02–1.64] during adulthood. The OR attenuated by 11% after adjustment for individual (e.g. behavioural and emotional problems) and familial characteristics (e.g. adverse childhood experiences, 1.18; 0.92–1.51). Analysis of bullying victimisation frequency categories yields similar results: compared with individuals who had not been bullied, those who had been frequently bullied had an increased odds for suicide mortality (OR 1.89; 0.99–3.62). CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that individuals who have been frequently bullied have a small increased risk of dying by suicide, when no other risk factors is considered. Suicide prevention might start in childhood, with bullying included in a range of inter-correlated vulnerabilities encompassing behavioural and emotional difficulties and adverse experiences within the family. Cambridge University Press 2023-07 2022-04-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10317807/ /pubmed/35388770 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722000836 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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Power, Chris
Association of childhood bullying victimisation with suicide deaths: findings from a 50-year nationwide cohort study
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title_short Association of childhood bullying victimisation with suicide deaths: findings from a 50-year nationwide cohort study
title_sort association of childhood bullying victimisation with suicide deaths: findings from a 50-year nationwide cohort study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10317807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35388770
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722000836
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