Childhood bullying behaviors as a risk for suicide attempts and completed suicides: A population-based birth cohort study

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 254-261

  Klomek, Anat Brunstein ^a,f   Sourander, Andre ^b   Niemelä, Solja ^b   Kumpulainen, Kirsti ^c   Piha, Jorma ^b   Tamminen, Tuula ^d   Almqvist, Fredrik ^e   Gould, Madelyn S ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Bullying; Peer victimization; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VICTIM;

EID: 62849098955     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318196b91f     Document Type: Article

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