ArticleJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry2022
National Trends and Disparities in Bullying and Suicidal Behavior Across Demographic Subgroups of US Adolescents.
Article in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Relationship Between School Bullying and Suicide-Related Behaviors Among Sexual Minorities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Changes in Bullying Victimization Among High School Students in the United States, 2009-2023: Role of the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Journal of school health · 2026Article
- Adolescent Worries About Societal Challenges: Changing Associations With Internalizing Symptoms, 1977-2021.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
- Risk Factors for Bullying in US Adolescents Aged 12-17.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Sexual and gender minority identity, peer victimization, and suicidality in adolescents: A mediation study using the ABCD Study.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Article
- The Longitudinal Association between Bullying Victimization and Life Satisfaction among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Parallel Mediation Model of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury, Difficulties in Emotional Regulation, and Family Cohesion.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Externalizing Behaviors/Violence Exposure and Suicide Among U.S. Adolescents.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Trends in Suicidality and Bullying among New York City Adolescents across Race and Sexual Identity: 2009-2019.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Article
- An exploratory study of the prevalence and adverse associations of in-school traditional bullying and cyberbullying among adolescents in Connecticut.Journal of psychiatric research · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
- Commented on by
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
Abstract
objectiveSuicidal behavior and bullying victimization are important indicators of adolescent psychological distress, and are patterned by sex, race/ethnicity and sexual identity. This study aimed to estimate trends and disparities in these factors along with key demographics.
methodYouth Risk Behavior Survey data (2015-2019, N = 44,066) were collected biennially through national cross-sectional surveys of US school-attending adolescents. Survey-weighted logistic regressions examined disparities in past-year bullying and suicidal behavior, overall and by demographics.
resultsBullying in 2019 was highest for female (vs male) students (odds ratio [OR] = 1.82, 95% CI = 1.62, 2.06), American Indian/Alaskan Native (vs White) students (OR = 1.48, 95% 0.91, 2.41, p > .05), and gay/lesbian (vs heterosexual) students (OR = 2.81, 95% CI = 2.07, 3.81). Suicidal behavior disparities affected similar groups. There was minimal evidence for shifts in disparities since 2015, with the exception of bullying for gay/lesbian adolescents. The prevalence of bullying victimization among gay and lesbian adolescents went from 31.6% to 44.5% between 2015 and 2019, surpassing the bisexual and "Not Sure" groups to be the sexual identity group with the highest rate of bullying victimization.
conclusionInterventions that operate on multiple structural levels and empower marginalized youth are needed.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.