@article{ref1,
title="Association of childhood bullying victimisation with suicide deaths: findings from a 50-year nationwide cohort study",
journal="Psychological medicine",
year="2022",
author="Geoffroy, Marie-Claude and Arseneault, Louise and Girard, Alain and Ouellet-Morin, Isabelle and Power, Chris",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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). <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-2917",
doi="10.1017/S0033291722000836",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722000836"
}