TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Association between bullying behavior, perceived school safety, and self-cutting: a Japanese population-based school survey
JO  - Child and adolescent mental health
A1  - Hamada, Shoko
A1  - Kaneko, Hitoshi
A1  - Ogura, Masayoshi
A1  - Yamawaki, Aya
A1  - Maezono, Junko
A1  - Sillanmaki, Lauri
A1  - Sourander, Andre
A1  - Honjo, Shuji
SP  - 141
EP  - 147
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
N2  - Background    No previous population-based studies have examined associations between self-cutting, perceived school safety, and bullying behavior among East Asian adolescents.       Method    We examined whether bullying, victimization, and perceived school safety were associated with self-cutting by getting 1865 students with a mean age of 13.9 years (standard deviation 0.2 years) to complete questions on these variables. Psychiatric problems were assessed with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.       Results    About 5.6% of males and 11.9% females had practiced self-cutting and when we controlled these results for psychiatric symptoms, self-cutting was associated with being both a bully and a victim among males and females. In addition, self-cutting was independently associated with perceived school safety among females. Those who felt unsafe at school and were victimized were much more likely to engage in self-cutting.       Conclusions    Self-cutting among Japanese adolescents was linked with bullying behavior and feeling unsafe at school. Secure school environments and school-based antibullying programs could help to prevent adolescent self-injurious behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1475-357X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/camh.12200
ID  - ref1
ER  -