The connection between bullying and suicide in ethnic minority populations

Résumé

The social experience of teens from the same ethnoracial background is influenced by and differs from one another based on their other social identities (gender, religion, citizenship status, language; e.g., the bullying experience of a black male teen is likely to be intensified when that teen is LGBT versus when he is heterosexual, and the attendant risk of suicide is higher). The intersectional impact of an individual's characteristics and social identities on peer victimization and suicidality is shaped by interactions between and within various relevant in-groups (family, friends, school, community) and more broadly by the particular institutions, practices, and beliefs of the cultural group and broader society. The connection between bullying and suicide in youth of color falls into three separate categories: differential bullying/victimization and suicide rates by ethnicity and race; racial bullying and peer discrimination; and individual and contextual factors prevalent in the lives of adolescents of color that predict likely differences in victimization, bullying, and suicide. All three facets are covered in this chapter. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved) BULLYING ETHNICITÉ