Kids Involved In Bullying Are At Higher Risk Of Suicide

Kids Involved In Bullying Are At Higher Risk Of Suicide.
A strange inquiry of research from around the world suggests that kids involved in bullying are at higher danger of suicidal thoughts and actions. Kids who bullied others and were victims themselves were the most troubled of all, the put out found. "Our study highlights the significant impact bullying involvement can have on screwy health for some youth," said study lead author Melissa Holt, an assistant professor of counseling nature at Boston University. Researchers already know that there's a connection between bullying - being a victim, a bully, or both at out of the ordinary times - and suicidal thoughts, said Robert Faris, an confidant professor of sociology at the University of California, Davis, who studies bullying.

It's also clear that the bond is stronger for the victims of bullying. However, "we also know that bullying alone does not directly cause suicide," he said, and it's not released "how we get from being bullied to suicide". Holt also stressed that although the study found an association, it couldn't examine cause and effect. "Involvement in bullying, as a victim or perpetrator, is not by random assignment, so it's achievable that the factors that lead kids to bully or be victimized also lead them to consider suicide," Faris reasoned.

In the different report, researchers tried to get a global handle on the potential risks of bullying. To do so, they analyzed 47 studies of bullying from around the world, including 18 from the United States. "Victims, bullies, and those tad who both push around others and are bullied all report significantly more suicidal thoughts and behaviors than young boy who are uninvolved in bullying," study lead author Holt said.