Impact of Bullying—Victimization and Gender over Psychological Distress, Suicidal Ideation, and Family Functioning of Mexican Adolescents

Bullying victimization is strongly associated with increased psychological distress and suicide in adolescents and poor family functioning. Knowledge of gender differences influencing these factors will improve the prevention of mental problems and suicide in victimized adolescents. A total of 1685...

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Autores: Núñez Fadda, Silvana mabel, Castro Castañeda, Remberto, Vargas Jiménez, Esperanza, Musitu Ochoa, Gonzalo, Callejas Jerónimo, Juan Evaristo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/142118
https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050747
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Palabra clave:bullying victimization
gender
psychological distress
suicidal ideation
family functioning
adolescents
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spelling Impact of Bullying—Victimization and Gender over Psychological Distress, Suicidal Ideation, and Family Functioning of Mexican AdolescentsNúñez Fadda, Silvana mabelCastro Castañeda, RembertoVargas Jiménez, EsperanzaMusitu Ochoa, GonzaloCallejas Jerónimo, Juan Evaristobullying victimizationgenderpsychological distresssuicidal ideationfamily functioningadolescentsBullying victimization is strongly associated with increased psychological distress and suicide in adolescents and poor family functioning. Knowledge of gender differences influencing these factors will improve the prevention of mental problems and suicide in victimized adolescents. A total of 1685 Mexican secondary students, 12–17 years old (m = 13.65), of whom 54% were girls, responded to a standardized scale questionnaire to analyze such differences. Based on the statistical analysis, girls reported significantly lower family functioning and higher psychological distress and suicidal ideation than boys. The cluster analysis classified adolescents into high (5.78%), moderate (24.07%), and no-victimization (69.76%) groups. Boys predominated in the high (3.1%) and moderate-victimization (12.4%) clusters, and girls in the no-victimization group (39.51%). Multivariate statistical analyses found significant differences between the three groups, with the highest means of psychological distress and suicidal ideation and lowest family functioning in the high-victimization group. Only for suicidal ideation, there was an interaction between gender and the degree of victimization, with girls showing a higher increase of suicidal ideation than boys in the same cluster. Conclusions: Early detection and intervention in bullying-victimized adolescents, aiming to decrease psychological distress and suicidal ideation and strengthen family functioning, should consider contextual gender differences for effective prevention of mental health problems and suicide in adolescents.MDPIEstadística e Investigación Operativa2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/142118https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050747reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésChildren, 9 (5), 747-1.https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050747info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1421182026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Impact of Bullying—Victimization and Gender over Psychological Distress, Suicidal Ideation, and Family Functioning of Mexican Adolescents
title Impact of Bullying—Victimization and Gender over Psychological Distress, Suicidal Ideation, and Family Functioning of Mexican Adolescents
spellingShingle Impact of Bullying—Victimization and Gender over Psychological Distress, Suicidal Ideation, and Family Functioning of Mexican Adolescents
Núñez Fadda, Silvana mabel
bullying victimization
gender
psychological distress
suicidal ideation
family functioning
adolescents
title_short Impact of Bullying—Victimization and Gender over Psychological Distress, Suicidal Ideation, and Family Functioning of Mexican Adolescents
title_full Impact of Bullying—Victimization and Gender over Psychological Distress, Suicidal Ideation, and Family Functioning of Mexican Adolescents
title_fullStr Impact of Bullying—Victimization and Gender over Psychological Distress, Suicidal Ideation, and Family Functioning of Mexican Adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Bullying—Victimization and Gender over Psychological Distress, Suicidal Ideation, and Family Functioning of Mexican Adolescents
title_sort Impact of Bullying—Victimization and Gender over Psychological Distress, Suicidal Ideation, and Family Functioning of Mexican Adolescents
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Núñez Fadda, Silvana mabel
Castro Castañeda, Remberto
Vargas Jiménez, Esperanza
Musitu Ochoa, Gonzalo
Callejas Jerónimo, Juan Evaristo
author Núñez Fadda, Silvana mabel
author_facet Núñez Fadda, Silvana mabel
Castro Castañeda, Remberto
Vargas Jiménez, Esperanza
Musitu Ochoa, Gonzalo
Callejas Jerónimo, Juan Evaristo
author_role author
author2 Castro Castañeda, Remberto
Vargas Jiménez, Esperanza
Musitu Ochoa, Gonzalo
Callejas Jerónimo, Juan Evaristo
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Estadística e Investigación Operativa
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv bullying victimization
gender
psychological distress
suicidal ideation
family functioning
adolescents
topic bullying victimization
gender
psychological distress
suicidal ideation
family functioning
adolescents
description Bullying victimization is strongly associated with increased psychological distress and suicide in adolescents and poor family functioning. Knowledge of gender differences influencing these factors will improve the prevention of mental problems and suicide in victimized adolescents. A total of 1685 Mexican secondary students, 12–17 years old (m = 13.65), of whom 54% were girls, responded to a standardized scale questionnaire to analyze such differences. Based on the statistical analysis, girls reported significantly lower family functioning and higher psychological distress and suicidal ideation than boys. The cluster analysis classified adolescents into high (5.78%), moderate (24.07%), and no-victimization (69.76%) groups. Boys predominated in the high (3.1%) and moderate-victimization (12.4%) clusters, and girls in the no-victimization group (39.51%). Multivariate statistical analyses found significant differences between the three groups, with the highest means of psychological distress and suicidal ideation and lowest family functioning in the high-victimization group. Only for suicidal ideation, there was an interaction between gender and the degree of victimization, with girls showing a higher increase of suicidal ideation than boys in the same cluster. Conclusions: Early detection and intervention in bullying-victimized adolescents, aiming to decrease psychological distress and suicidal ideation and strengthen family functioning, should consider contextual gender differences for effective prevention of mental health problems and suicide in adolescents.
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