ArticleBMC psychiatry2019
Does bullying predict suicidal behaviors among in-school adolescents? A cross-sectional finding from Tanzania as an example of a low-income country.
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- Suicidality and self-harm in adolescents before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Developing bullying prevention guidelines for nurse interns' and its effects on their assertiveness.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Face-to-face bullying in and outside of schools and cyberbullying are associated with suicidality in Kenyan high school students: a public health issue.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- A bibliometric analysis of anxiety and depression among primary school students.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Suicide attempt among Malaysian school-going adolescents: relationship with bullying.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Suicidal Attempts among Secondary School-Going Adolescents in Kilimanjaro Region, Northern Tanzania.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The relationship between bullying, learning disorders and psychiatric comorbidity.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Factors associated with the risk of suicidal behavior among adolescents transitioning to secondary school in Nairobi County, Kenya: a cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Childhood trauma and suicidal ideation among Chinese university students: the mediating effect of Internet addiction and school bullying victimisation.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2020Article
- Suicidal Behavior and Associated Factors Among Students in Mettu University, South West Ethiopia, 2019: An Institutional Based Cross-Sectional Study.Psychology research and behavior management · 2020Article
- The State of Academic Bullying Among Medical Students in Tanzania: Prevalence, Forms and Associated Factors. A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical education and curricular developmentArticle
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Abstract
backgroundBullying and suicidal behaviors are a silent public health problem among adolescents. Little is known about the link between bullying and suicidal behaviors in low-income countries such as Tanzania. In the current study, we estimated the prevalence of being bullied and determined its association with suicidal behaviors among in-school adolescents.
methodsWe performed a secondary analysis of the Tanzania Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) conducted in 2014. This was the first nationally representative survey conducted to a sample of 3793 in-school adolescents. The primary independent variable was being bullied, while the outcome variables of interest were suicide ideation and suicide attempt. We used a chi-square χ
resultsThe prevalence of being bullied among 3793 surveyed in-school adolescents was 27.0%. In an adjusted multivariate regression model, being bullied was independently associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt: [AOR; 1.9, 95% C.I; 1.5-2.4], and [AOR; 3.6, 95% C.I; 2.9-4.5] respectively, p < 0.001.
conclusionsBullying is prevalent and possibly a potential predictor of suicidal behaviors among in-school adolescents in Tanzania. There is a need for all educational stakeholders: teachers, parents, students, mental health professionals, and policymakers to design a program for mitigating the problem of bullying in schools.
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