TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Mood and suicidality among cyberbullied adolescents: a cross-sectional study from youth risk behavior survey
JO  - Adolescents (Basel)
A1  - Hsieh, Ya-Ching
A1  - Jain, Pratik
A1  - Veluri, Nikhila
A1  - Bhela, Jatminderpal
A1  - Sheikh, Batool
A1  - Bangash, Fariha
A1  - Gude, Jayasudha
A1  - Subhedar, Rashmi
A1  - Zhang, Michelle
A1  - Shah, Mansi
A1  - Mansuri, Zeeshan
A1  - Patel, Urvish
A1  - Aedma, Kapil Kiran
A1  - Parikh, Tapan
SP  - 412
EP  - 420
VL  - 1
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: There is limited literature available showing the mental health burden among adolescents following cyberbullying. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The aim was to evaluate the association between low mood and suicidality among cyberbullied adolescents. <br><br>METHOD: A cross-sectional analysis of the data was performed among adolescents from the National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. Responses from adolescents related to cyberbullying and suicidality were evaluated. Chi-square and mix-effect multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the association of cyberbullying with sadness/hopelessness and suicide consideration, plan, and attempts. <br><br>RESULTS: Of a total of 8274 adolescents, 14.8% of adolescents faced cyberbullying past year. There was a higher prevalence of cyberbullying in youths aged 15, 16, and 17 years (25%, 26%, 23%, respectively), which included more females than males (68% vs. 32%; p < 0.0001). Caucasians (53%) had the highest number of responses to being cyberbullied compared to Hispanics (24%) or African Americans (11%; p < 0.0001). There was an increased prevalence of cyberbullied youths, feelings of sadness/hopelessness (59.6% vs. 25.8%), higher numbers considering suicide (40.4% vs. 13.2%), suicide plan (33.2% vs. 10.8%), and multiple suicidal attempts in comparison to non-cyberbullied (p < 0.0001). On regression analysis, cyberbullied adolescents had a 155% higher chance of feeling sad and hopeless [aOR = 2.55; 95%CI = 2.39-2.72] and considered suicide [aOR = 1.52 (1.39-1.66)] and suicide plan [aOR = 1.24 (1.13-1.36)]. <br><br>CONCLUSION: In our Study, cyberbullying was associated with negative mental health outcomes. Further research is warranted to examine the impact of cyberbullying among adolescents and guiding the policies to mitigate the consequences.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2673-7051
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/adolescents1040031
ID  - ref1
ER  -