The association between bullying and early stages of suicidal ideation in late adolescents in Greece.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bullying in schools has been associated with suicidal ideation but the confounding effect of psychiatric morbidity has not always been taken into account. Our main aim was to test the association between bullying behavior and early stages of suicidal ideation in a sample of Greek adolescents and to examine whether this is independent of the presence of psychiatric morbidity, including sub-threshold symptoms.

Methods

5614 pupils 16-18 years old and attending 25 senior high schools were screened in the first phase and a stratified random sample of 2431 were selected for a detailed interview at the second phase. Psychiatric morbidity and suicidal ideation were assessed with the revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R) while bullying was assessed with the revised O

SUBMITTER: Skapinakis P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3042930 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature