TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent Bullying Victimization at Secondary School and Adult Suicidality and Depressive Symptoms Among 2152 Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults in South Korea
AU - Park, Jooyoung
AU - Lee, Hyemin
AU - Choi, Bokyoung
AU - Kim, Ji Hwan
AU - Yoon, Jaehong
AU - Yi, Horim
AU - Choo, Sungsub
AU - Kim, Seung Sup
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the members of the LGBTAIQP Suicide Prevention Project Connect-your-hearts of Chingusai for their assistance in survey development and participant recruitment. The authors also thank LGB individuals who participated in the study. This study was presented by Jooyoung Park, the co-first author, at the American Public Health Association’s 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo (“Adolescent Victimization of Anti-gay Bullying Is Related to Adulthood Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation Among LGB in South Korea: A Life-Course Perspective Approach”). The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was in part supported by the Korean Gay Men’s Human Rights Group Chingusai and the Beautiful Foundation. This work was also supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education (2020R1A6A3A13060799).
Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was in part supported by the Korean Gay Men’s Human Rights Group Chingusai and the Beautiful Foundation. This work was also supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education (2020R1A6A3A13060799).
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PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - This study examined the association between adolescent bullying victimization (ABV) and adult mental health among lesbian,gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals in South Korea (hereafter Korea). We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 2152 KoreanLGB adults in 2016. Based on experiences of and reasons for ABV, participants were categorized into four groups: “never bullied,” “bullied due to sexual orientation and gender expression (SOGE),” “bullied due to other reasons,” and “bullied, reason unspecified.” Compared with participants who have never been bullied during adolescence, those who have been “bullied due to SOGE” were 1.56 times, 1.53 times, and 3.59 times more likely to report depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts, respectively. Statistically significant associations with all three mental health indicators were also observed among those who have been “bullied due to other reasons”: depressive symptoms (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] = 1.72), suicidal ideation (aPR = 1.48), and suicide attempts (aPR = 3.15). This study suggests that ABV may increasedepressive symptoms and suicidality in adulthood among LGB individuals.
AB - This study examined the association between adolescent bullying victimization (ABV) and adult mental health among lesbian,gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals in South Korea (hereafter Korea). We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 2152 KoreanLGB adults in 2016. Based on experiences of and reasons for ABV, participants were categorized into four groups: “never bullied,” “bullied due to sexual orientation and gender expression (SOGE),” “bullied due to other reasons,” and “bullied, reason unspecified.” Compared with participants who have never been bullied during adolescence, those who have been “bullied due to SOGE” were 1.56 times, 1.53 times, and 3.59 times more likely to report depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts, respectively. Statistically significant associations with all three mental health indicators were also observed among those who have been “bullied due to other reasons”: depressive symptoms (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] = 1.72), suicidal ideation (aPR = 1.48), and suicide attempts (aPR = 3.15). This study suggests that ABV may increasedepressive symptoms and suicidality in adulthood among LGB individuals.
KW - LGB
KW - South Korea
KW - bullying victimization
KW - depressive symptoms
KW - sexual minority
KW - suicidality
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U2 - 10.1177/10105395211073283
DO - 10.1177/10105395211073283
M3 - Article
C2 - 35073785
AN - SCOPUS:85124032344
SN - 1010-5395
VL - 34
SP - 338
EP - 345
JO - Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
JF - Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
IS - 4
ER -
