@article{ref1,
title="Suicidality, internalizing problems and externalizing problems among adolescent bullies, victims and bully-victims",
journal="Preventive medicine",
year="2015",
author="Kelly, Erin V. and Newton, Nicola C. and Stapinski, Lexine A. and Slade, Tim and Barrett, Emma L. and Conrod, Patricia J. and Teesson, Maree",
volume="73",
number="",
pages="100-105",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to compare suicidality, internalizing problems and externalizing problems among adolescent victims, bullies and bully-victims. <br><br>METHOD: This study examined bullying involvement among a subset of the baseline sample of the Climate and Preventure study, a trial of a comprehensive substance use prevention intervention for adolescents in 2012. The sample included 1588 Year 7-9 students in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. <br><br>RESULTS: Victims, bullies and bully-victims had more problems than uninvolved students. Students with internalizing problems were more likely to be a victim than a bully. Some externalizing problems (alcohol and tobacco use) were associated with increased odds of being a bully, but not others (cannabis use and conduct/hyperactivity symptoms). Suicidal ideation, internalizing problems and some externalizing problems increased the odds of being a bully-victim compared to being a bully or a victim. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Early intervention for adolescents frequently involved in bullying may reduce the onset of substance use and other mental disorders. It would be advisable for bullying interventions to include a focus on substance use and mental health problems. A reduction in these chronic and detrimental problems among adolescents could potentially lead to a concomitant reduction in bullying involvement.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-7435",
doi="10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.01.020",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.01.020"
}