L'activité physique, un bouclier pour les ados intimidés
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Dans une étude, les jeunes
intimidés qui étaient actifs physiquement quatre jours ou plus chaque
semaine réduisaient de 23 pour cent leurs idées suicidaires et leurs
tentatives de suicide.
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L'activité physique combat les
idées suicidaires et réduit le nombre de tentatives de suicide chez les
adolescents victimes d'intimidation, démontre une nouvelle étude
américaine.
Des chercheurs dirigés par le docteur Jeremy Sibold, de l'Université
du Vermont, ont étudié la relation entre l'activité physique, les idées
suicidaires et les tentatives de suicide chez plus de 13 500
adolescents âgés de 14 ans et plus.
Environ le tiers des étudiants ont révélé s'être sentis tristes pendant au moins deux semaines au cours de l'année précédente; 22,2 pour cent d'entre eux ont eu des idées suicidaires et 8,2 pour cent ont affirmé avoir fait une tentative de suicide pendant cette période.
Les adolescents victimes d'intimidation étaient trois fois plus susceptibles que les autres d'avoir eu des idées suicidaires ou d'avoir tenté de s'enlever la vie.
En revanche, les jeunes intimidés qui étaient actifs physiquement quatre jours ou plus chaque semaine réduisaient de 23 pour cent leurs idées suicidaires et leurs tentatives de suicide.
Les auteurs souhaitent que de nouvelles études soient réalisées pour mieux comprendre le mécanisme en jeu.
Environ 20 pour cent des étudiants américains rapportent être victimes d'intimidation.
Les conclusions de cette étude sont publiées dans le Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Article cité :
Physical Activity, Sadness, and Suicidality in Bullied US Adolescents
Jeremy Sibold, EdD, ATC jsibold@uvm.edu, Erika Edwards, PhD, Dianna Murray-Close, PhD, James J. Hudziak, MD
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Accepted: July 14, 2015; Published Online: July 17, 2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2015.06.019
Environ le tiers des étudiants ont révélé s'être sentis tristes pendant au moins deux semaines au cours de l'année précédente; 22,2 pour cent d'entre eux ont eu des idées suicidaires et 8,2 pour cent ont affirmé avoir fait une tentative de suicide pendant cette période.
Les adolescents victimes d'intimidation étaient trois fois plus susceptibles que les autres d'avoir eu des idées suicidaires ou d'avoir tenté de s'enlever la vie.
En revanche, les jeunes intimidés qui étaient actifs physiquement quatre jours ou plus chaque semaine réduisaient de 23 pour cent leurs idées suicidaires et leurs tentatives de suicide.
Les auteurs souhaitent que de nouvelles études soient réalisées pour mieux comprendre le mécanisme en jeu.
Environ 20 pour cent des étudiants américains rapportent être victimes d'intimidation.
Les conclusions de cette étude sont publiées dans le Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Article cité :
Physical Activity, Sadness, and Suicidality in Bullied US Adolescents
Jeremy Sibold, EdD, ATC jsibold@uvm.edu, Erika Edwards, PhD, Dianna Murray-Close, PhD, James J. Hudziak, MD
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Accepted: July 14, 2015; Published Online: July 17, 2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2015.06.019
October 2015 Volume 54, Issue
10, Pages 808–815 Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Objective
The consequences of bullying are well described, yet little is known about protective factors that may diminish the negative sequelae. One possible factor, physical activity (PA), improves mental health in general and clinical populations. The purpose of this study is to examine relationships among PA, sadness, and suicidality in bullied US adolescents. We hypothesized that physically active students would be less likely to feel sad or to report suicidal ideation or attempts, including bullied students.
Method
Using the 2013 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (N = 13,583), regression models adjusted for age, sex, and race estimated the odds ratios among PA, sadness, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts, stratified by whether students were bullied.
Results
Overall, 30.0% of students reported sadness for 2 or more weeks, 22.2% reported suicidal ideation, and 8.2% reported suicide attempt in the previous 12 months. Bullied students were twice as likely to report feeling sad and 3 times as likely to report suicidal ideation or attempt. Students who reported exercising 4 to 5 days a week had lower adjusted odds of sadness, suicidal ideation, or suicide attempts than students who exercised 0 to 1 day a week (p ≤ .0001). After stratifying by bullying, similar but attenuated associations were observed. Overall, exercise for 4 or more days per week was associated with an approximate 23% reduction in suicidal ideation and attempt in bullied students.
Conclusion
PA is inversely related to sadness and suicidality in adolescents, highlighting the relationship between PA and mental health in children, and potentially implicating PA as a salient option in the response to bullying in schools.
Key Words: bullying, physical activity, aggression, suicide, exercise
Objective
The consequences of bullying are well described, yet little is known about protective factors that may diminish the negative sequelae. One possible factor, physical activity (PA), improves mental health in general and clinical populations. The purpose of this study is to examine relationships among PA, sadness, and suicidality in bullied US adolescents. We hypothesized that physically active students would be less likely to feel sad or to report suicidal ideation or attempts, including bullied students.
Method
Using the 2013 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (N = 13,583), regression models adjusted for age, sex, and race estimated the odds ratios among PA, sadness, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts, stratified by whether students were bullied.
Results
Overall, 30.0% of students reported sadness for 2 or more weeks, 22.2% reported suicidal ideation, and 8.2% reported suicide attempt in the previous 12 months. Bullied students were twice as likely to report feeling sad and 3 times as likely to report suicidal ideation or attempt. Students who reported exercising 4 to 5 days a week had lower adjusted odds of sadness, suicidal ideation, or suicide attempts than students who exercised 0 to 1 day a week (p ≤ .0001). After stratifying by bullying, similar but attenuated associations were observed. Overall, exercise for 4 or more days per week was associated with an approximate 23% reduction in suicidal ideation and attempt in bullied students.
Conclusion
PA is inversely related to sadness and suicidality in adolescents, highlighting the relationship between PA and mental health in children, and potentially implicating PA as a salient option in the response to bullying in schools.
Key Words: bullying, physical activity, aggression, suicide, exercise
