Journal article
The impact of gender and age on bullying role, self-harm and suicide: Evidence from a cohort study of Australian children
PLoS One, Vol.18(1), pp.1-13
2023
PMCID: PMC9815580
PMID: 36602997
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.
Details
- Title
- The impact of gender and age on bullying role, self-harm and suicide: Evidence from a cohort study of Australian children
- Authors
- Kabir Ahmad (Author) - University of Southern QueenslandAmanda Beatson (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyMarilyn Campbell (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyRubayyat Hashmi (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyByron W Keating (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyRory Mulcahy (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesAimee Riedel (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesShasha Wang (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- PLoS One, Vol.18(1), pp.1-13
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0278446
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- PMID
- 36602997; PMC9815580
- Copyright note
- © 2023 Ahmad et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99698698702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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