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

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 victimisat

SUBMITTER: Geoffroy MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10317807 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature