Bulling as the Leading Cause of Teen Suicide among Adolescents between 14 and 16 Years of Age in Schools in the United States

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Analysis and interpretation of data is done after presentation using tables. According to the table formulated above, it shows that according to Undheim (2017) girls reported more suicidal attempt while more boys attempted suicide between the age of 14-16 years and victims of bulling were more affected. Heikkila et al (2019) wrote that both gender between the age of 14.5-15 years who were bullied show suicide attempts and victims were more affected than perpetrators while Aldour (2019) says girls at the age of 15 years experienced more suicidal attempts after being traditionally or cyber bullied and both victims and perpetrators were affected.

Baiden (2017) said both genders who show aggressiveness and are subjects bulling show suicidal ideals and this happens to adolescence at the age of 14-16 years. As stated by Li, Yong (2018), boys who are under bullying show aggressiveness and depression and are prone to suicidal attempts at 14 years.

According to the data above, although both genders undergo bulling, girls are more affected by it compared to boys. Both boys and girls at the age of 14-16 years who are either cyber bullied or traditionally bullied report attempted suicides, suicide ideals, depression and aggressiveness. Perpetrators in most cases don’t show suicidal attempts but according to the data they may have suicidal thoughts just as victims do. As the hypothesis states, increased exposure to bullying deeds in schools would escalate the dander of stress, suicidal thoughts and attempted murder, the research results proven so Alavi, Nazanin (2017).

After posting, the feedback was that bulling should not just be ignored as it is a stressful ordeal to the children. It even lowers self esteem thus leading to suicide. Bulling can be reduced by increasing involvement in communication both between children, parents and teachers. Therefore, reducing it from being the major cause of suicide.

References

Alavi, Nazanin, et al. "Relationship between bullying and suicidal behaviour in youth presenting to the emergency department." Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 26.2 (2017): 70.

Baiden, Philip, and Savarra K. Tadeo. "Investigating the association between bullying victimization and suicidal ideation among adolescents: evidence from the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey." Child abuse & neglect 102 (2020): 104417.

Li, Yong, and Junrong Shi. "Bullying and suicide in high school students: Findings from the 2015 California youth risk behavior survey." Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment 28.6 (2018): 695-709.

TURAL HESAPÇIOĞLU, Selma, Habibe YEŞİLOVA MERALER, and Filiz Ercan. "Bullying in schools and its relation with depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and suicidal ideation in adolescents." Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry/Anadolu Psikiyatri Dergisi 19.2 (2018).

Albdour, Maha, et al. "The impact of cyberbullying on physical and psychological health of Arab American adolescents." Journal of immigrant and minority health 21.4 (2019): 706-715.