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

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          Abstract

          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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                Author and article information

                Journal
                Psychol Med
                Psychol Med
                PSM
                Psychological Medicine
                Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, UK )
                0033-2917
                1469-8978
                July 2023
                07 April 2022
                : 53
                : 9
                : 4152-4159
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Departments of Psychiatry and Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University , Montreal, Quebec, Canada
                [2 ]Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London , London, UK
                [3 ]CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center , Montreal, Canada
                [4 ]School of Criminology, University of Montreal , Montreal, Quebec, Canada
                [5 ]UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health , London, UK
                Author notes
                Author for correspondence: Marie-Claude Geoffroy, E-mail: marie-claude.geoffroy@ 123456mcgill.ca
                Author information
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8587-8378
                Article
                S0033291722000836
                10.1017/S0033291722000836
                10317807
                35388770
                3186039e-6777-428e-b641-66976c0b3396
                © The Author(s) 2022

                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.

                History
                : 04 June 2021
                : 23 February 2022
                : 09 March 2022
                Page count
                Tables: 5, References: 59, Pages: 8
                Funding
                Funded by: Canada Research Chair
                Award Recipient : Isabelle Ouellet-Morin
                Categories
                Original Article

                Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                bullying victimisation,lifecourse,risk factors,suicide
                Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                bullying victimisation, lifecourse, risk factors, suicide

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