The Interplay Between Group Identity, Suicidality, and Bullying in Midwestern Middle School Youth

Atunah-Jay, Sarah J; Basappa, Susanna; Fischer, Kristin; Taylor-Desir, Monica; Phelan, Seán

doi:10.5820/aian.2903.2022.18

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“…4 Bullying is known to be linked with suicidality. 19,20 A working paper using online search data to study bullying and cyberbullying in the United States before and during COVID-19 demonstrated that metrics of bullying decreased substantially during distance learning. 21 On return to in-person schooling, bullying re-escalated to near prepandemic levels.…”

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Association between school learning models and psychological and social health visits to the emergency room

Knier,

Weinman,

Mullan

et al. 2024

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ObjectivesWe aimed to assess the impact of in‐person and distance school learning models on children's visits to the emergency department (ED) for psychological or social (“psychosocial”) complaints.MethodsWe analyzed presentations to one emergency department in a mid‐sized Midwestern city. We used the public school system schedule to determine in‐person and distance learning periods by the grade level. We calculated the incidence of visits to the emergency department during academic years 2018–2019, 2019–2020, and 2020–2021, with particular attention to the time after March 13, 2020, which was the pandemic period. We compared the incidence of visits during in‐person versus distance learning school models.ResultsA total of 7181 visits occurred during the academic years studied, 17.1% due to psychosocial complaints. The incidence of psychosocial visits to the ED was lower during distance learning than during the pandemic in‐person learning period (given per 1000 student years: 20.5 vs. 24.1, p = 0.14). This difference was statistically significant among middle schoolers (23.3 vs. 46.6, p < 0.001). While not statistically significant, the difference among high schoolers was pragmatically relevant (38.2 vs. 49.3, p = 0.086).ConclusionsDistance learning was associated with a decrease in the incidence of psychosocial visits to the emergency department relative to in‐person learning. Future investigation is required to verify results and better understand any causative relationships.

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