The impact of gender and age on bullying role, self-harm and suicide: Evidence from a cohort study of Australian children
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Ahmad, Kabir, Beatson, Amanda, Campbell, Marilyn, Hashmi, Rubayyat, Keating, Byron W., Mulcahy, Rory, Riedel, Aimee and Wang, Shasha. 2023. "The impact of gender and age on bullying role, self-harm and suicide: Evidence from a cohort study of Australian children." PLoS One. 18. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278446
Article Title | The impact of gender and age on bullying role, self-harm and suicide: Evidence from a cohort study of Australian children |
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ERA Journal ID | 39745 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ahmad, Kabir, Beatson, Amanda, Campbell, Marilyn, Hashmi, Rubayyat, Keating, Byron W., Mulcahy, Rory, Riedel, Aimee and Wang, Shasha |
Journal Title | PLoS One |
Journal Citation | 18 |
Article Number | e0278446 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278446 |
Web Address (URL) | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278446 |
Abstract | There has been limited longitudinal investigation to date into the association between bullying, self-harm, and suicidality in Australia and the impact of specific demographic differences on this relationship. This is despite the continued rise in the incidence of bullying, self-harm, and suicide. As such, the current study draws on data from the Longitudinal Survey of Australian children (LSAC) to examine the association between bullying, self-harm, and suicidality and explore the impact of demographic differences across three bullying related behaviors (being bullied, bullying others and being both bullied and bullying others). The evidence indicates that bully-victims exhibit the highest risk of self-harm and suicidality in Australia. When considering demographic differences, it was identified that females and adolescents aged 16-17-years-of-age had the highest risk of self-harm and suicidality. Further, a direct curvilinear relationship between age and the categories of self-harm was identified with an inflection point around 16–17 years. The study supports the need for further investigation into the association between bullying, self-harm, and suicidality longitudinally with a particular focus on other moderators. |
Keywords | gender ; age; bullying; suicide; children |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420201. Behavioural epidemiology |
Byline Affiliations | School of Business |
Queensland University of Technology | |
University of the Sunshine Coast |
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