2021
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-049585
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Trends in Adolescent Online and Offline Victimization and Suicide Risk Factors

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Suicidal ideation and plans are increasing among US adolescents. Changing prevalence of online victimization is frequently hypothesized as an explanation for this increase. We tested trends in online and offline victimization and whether they contribute to recent trends in adolescent suicidal outcomes.METHODS: Youth Risk Behavior Survey data (2011-2019, N 5 73 074) were collected biennially through national cross-sectional surveys of US school-attending adolescents. We examined trends in past-year v… Show more

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“…Other societal, cultural, and policy factors may have been confounders. Similarly, potential intermediary changes in online socialization, hypothesized but unproven before the global outbreak, were not elucidated in our data and cannot be ruled out under pandemic conditions . Diagnostic coding in the registry is tailored to describing intensive care episodes, containing little detail on preexisting or concomitant psychiatric diagnoses or history of the presenting illness.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…Other societal, cultural, and policy factors may have been confounders. Similarly, potential intermediary changes in online socialization, hypothesized but unproven before the global outbreak, were not elucidated in our data and cannot be ruled out under pandemic conditions . Diagnostic coding in the registry is tailored to describing intensive care episodes, containing little detail on preexisting or concomitant psychiatric diagnoses or history of the presenting illness.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…While substance use by adolescents is prohibited by law, teens frequently engage in the same, with drinking alcohol, smoking (of both traditional and electronic cigarettes), and marijuana use being among *Address correspondence to this author at The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA; E-mail: slblair@buffalo.edu the most frequently used (Kreski et al, 2022). The drinking of alcohol is quite common among adolescents, with approximately 35% of high school students reporting that they do so on a regular basis (Kann et al, 2014), and they reach a level of intoxication which leaves them feeling "drunk" approximately 2.5. times each month (Yurasek et al, 2019).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Approximately 90% of children and young adults in the world live with low and middle incomes, contributing 75% of deaths due to suicide occur in the country of Tanzania (Shayo and Lawala, 2019). Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) shows that suicidal ideas and plans have increased significantly among US youth since 2009 (Kreski et al, 2021). In China, nearly 2 million people attempt suicide and about 12.5% of them commit suicide annually.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%