TY - JOUR
T1 - Bullying Victimization and Suicidal Thoughts
T2 - Emotional Distress and Neighborhood Conditions
AU - Hong, Jun Sung
AU - Choi, Jungtae
AU - Burlaka, Viktor
AU - Burlaka, Julia
AU - Marsack-Topolewski, Christina N.
AU - Voisin, Dexter R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 International Academy for Suicide Research.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The study aims to examine (1) the association between bullying victimization and suicidal thoughts and (2) neighborhood conditions as a moderated mediated model of the association between bullying victimization, emotional distress, and suicidal thoughts. The sample consists of 414 African American youths (ages 12–17) in Chicago’s Southside neighborhoods. Variables included suicidal thoughts, bullying victimization, emotional distress, neighborhood conditions, age, sex, and government assistance. Analyses included descriptive statistics, bivariate correlations, and multivariate regression analyses. The study found that bullying victimization was not directly associated with suicidal thoughts. However, bullying victimization was positively associated with emotional distress, which was related to suicidal thoughts. Moreover, emotional distress as a mediator of the association between bullying victimization and suicidal thoughts was observed when neighborhood conditions were a moderator. The findings suggest that bullying victimization and suicidal thoughts are major concerns for African American adolescents, and prevention and intervention need to be cost-effective.
AB - The study aims to examine (1) the association between bullying victimization and suicidal thoughts and (2) neighborhood conditions as a moderated mediated model of the association between bullying victimization, emotional distress, and suicidal thoughts. The sample consists of 414 African American youths (ages 12–17) in Chicago’s Southside neighborhoods. Variables included suicidal thoughts, bullying victimization, emotional distress, neighborhood conditions, age, sex, and government assistance. Analyses included descriptive statistics, bivariate correlations, and multivariate regression analyses. The study found that bullying victimization was not directly associated with suicidal thoughts. However, bullying victimization was positively associated with emotional distress, which was related to suicidal thoughts. Moreover, emotional distress as a mediator of the association between bullying victimization and suicidal thoughts was observed when neighborhood conditions were a moderator. The findings suggest that bullying victimization and suicidal thoughts are major concerns for African American adolescents, and prevention and intervention need to be cost-effective.
KW - African American adolescents
KW - bullying victimization
KW - neighborhood
KW - suicidal thoughts
KW - urban
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85152384595&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13811118.2023.2192755
DO - 10.1080/13811118.2023.2192755
M3 - Article
C2 - 37013796
AN - SCOPUS:85152384595
SN - 1381-1118
VL - 28
SP - 499
EP - 511
JO - Archives of Suicide Research
JF - Archives of Suicide Research
IS - 2
ER -
