@article{ref1,
title="Association of being bullied in school with suicide ideation and planning among rural middle school adolescents",
journal="Journal of school health",
year="2014",
author="Bhatta, Madhav P. and Shakya, Sunita and Jefferis, Eric",
volume="84",
number="11",
pages="731-738",
abstract="BACKGROUND: This study examined the association of ever being bullied in school with suicide ideation (ever thinking about killing oneself) and ever seriously making a plan to kill oneself (suicide planning) among rural middle school adolescents. <br><br>METHODS: Using the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey instrument, 2 cross-sectional surveys were conducted among middle school adolescents (N = 1082) in a rural Appalachian county in Ohio in 2009 and 2012. Multivariable logistic regression models assessed the relationship of ever being bullied in school with suicide ideation and planning. <br><br>RESULTS: Overall, a total of 468 participants (43.1%) reported ever being bullied in school, and 22.3% and 13.2% of the adolescents surveyed reported suicide ideation and planning, respectively. In the multivariable analyses, ever being bullied in school was significantly associated with both suicide ideation (odds ratio [OR] = 2.4; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.7-3.5) and planning (OR = 2.5; 95% CI: 1.6-3.8). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The results show a strong association between being bullied in school and suicide ideation and planning among rural middle school adolescents. Prevention of bullying in school as early as in middle school should be a strategy for reducing suicide ideation and planning among adolescents.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4391",
doi="10.1111/josh.12205",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.12205"
}