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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787948903321

Titolo

Youth suicide and bullying : challenges and strategies for prevention and intervention  / / edited by Peter Goldblum, Dorothy L. Espelage, Joyce Chu, Bruce Bongar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-026148-X

0-19-995071-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Disciplina

362.28/70835

Soggetti

Bullying

Bullying in schools

Youth - Suicidal behavior

Suicide - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

High profile media reports of young people committing suicide after experiencing bullying have propelled a national conversation about the nature and scope of this problem and the means to address it. Specialists have long known that involvement in bullying in any capacity (as the victim or as the perpetrator) is associated with higher rates of suicidal ideation and behaviors, but evidence about which bullying subtype is at greatest risk is more mixed. For instance, some studies have shown that the association between suicidal ideation and bullying is stronger for targets of bullying than perp