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BULLYING AND RISK OF SUICIDAL TENDENCIES AMONG ADOLESCENCE
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
gap indian journal of forensics and behavioural sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-8177
DOI - 10.47968/gapijfbs.12002
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , psychology , anxiety , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , suicide prevention , developmental psychology , poison control , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , medical emergency , economics , macroeconomics
Generally children are considered to be naughty and mischievous and therefore many a times, many of the thingsthat they do get ignored by us, may it be good or bad. Some of these behaviors might be harmful or dangerous tothem or to others. One of such behavior is that of bullying. Bullying is an act which can have many serious negativeconsequences on the physical, social and psychological health of the victim. There are various researches whichshow that there are many negative consequences of bullying on the personal lives of the victims as it affects theirphysical health, social well-being and psychological health. Some researches also show that the victims of bullyingmay have serious problems such as anxiety issues, depression, suicidal ideation, etc. Taking this into account thecurrent research tries to understand whether the act of bullying leads to risk of suicidal tendencies amongadolescents as suicide is also most prevalent among youngsters. So in this research the correlation betweenbullying and risk of suicidal tendency is to be known. In this research, the researcher has conducted twopsychological tests on adolescents and tried to find out the correlation between the total score obtained to knowthe correlation between bullying and risk of suicidal tendencies.Results: The results of this study shows that there is significantly positive correlation between bullying and risk ofsuicidal tendencies but this correlation very low.