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Table 7 Relative risk of suicidal ideation in boys and girls by experiences of being a bully/victim (adolescents)

From: Relationship between the experience of being a bully/victim and mental health in preadolescence and adolescence: a cross-sectional study

Suicidal ideation

Boys, n = 235

Girls, n = 242

Neither, n = 146

Victim, n = 30

Bully, n = 23

Bully + Victim, n = 35

Neither, n = 154

Victim, n = 38

Bully, n = 9

Bully + Victim, n = 41

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

No

130 (89.0)

19 (65.5)

18 (81.8)

28 (80.0)

126 (82.9)

21 (55.3)

6 (66.7)

27 (65.9)

Yes

16 (11.0)

10 (34.5)

4 (18.2)

7 (20.0)

26 (17.1)

17 (44.7)

3 (33.3)

14 (43.1)

OR

1.00

4.28*

1.81

2.03

1.00

3.92*

2.42

2.51*

95% CI

 

1.70–10.77

.54–6.00

.76–5.40

 

1.82–8.44

.56–1.28

1.16–5.43

  1. The figures do not include one boy who did not respond to either of the Youth Self Report question items: “I deliberately try to hurt or kill myself” or “I think about killing myself.”
  2. * Indicates a significant difference in the relative risk of suicidal ideation
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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X