Assessing the association between sport participation and suicide ideation and behaviors among middle and high school students in the U.S. between 2007 and 2023

IF 3 3区医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Annals of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2025-05-31 DOI:10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.05.017

Philip T. Veliz , John Jardine , Ashley Cureton , Massy Mutumba

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Abstract

Purpose

To assess the association between sports participation and suicide ideation/behaviors among both middle and high school students across several national cohorts of adolescents in the U.S. (i.e., 2007–2013, 2015–2019, 2021 and 2023).

Methods

Data from the 2007–2023 biennial state Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) for both middle (n = 326,085) and high schools (n = 508,737) were used to analyze the association between suicide ideation/suicide behaviors and past-year sports participation.

Results

Participation in sports dropped for both middle and high school students between 2007 and 2021, while the percent of both middle and high school students who seriously considered attempting suicide, developed a suicide plan and attempted suicide increased between 2007 and 2023. Multivariable models found that the rates of seriously considering attempting suicide (range: aRR=.71 to.81, p < .001), developing a suicide plan (range: aRR=.72 to.80, p < .001) and attempting suicide (range: aRR=.75 to.87, p < .001) were lower for middle and high school students who participated in either one sport or two or more sports when compared to their peers who do not participate in these activities.

Conclusion

Participation in sports lowered the risk of suicide ideation/behaviors for both middle and high school students in the U.S. The findings suggest that engaging in sports, particularly multiple sports, serves as an intervention strategy for reducing suicide risks in this population.

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评估2007年至2023年美国中学生参与体育运动与自杀意念和行为之间的关系。

目的：评估美国几个国家青少年队列（即2007-2013年、2015-2019年、2021年和2023年）中初高中学生体育参与与自杀意念/行为之间的关系。方法：采用2007-2023年两年一次的国家青少年危险行为调查（YRBS）的数据，分析初中（n=326,085）和高中（n=508,737）的自杀意念/自杀行为与过去一年体育参与的关系。结果：在2007年至2021年期间，中学生和高中生的体育参与率都有所下降，而在2007年至2023年期间，认真考虑过自杀、制定自杀计划并企图自杀的中学生和高中生的比例有所增加。多变量模型发现，认真考虑尝试自杀的比率(范围：aRR=。71年。81、结论：参与体育运动降低了美国中学生和高中生自杀念头/行为的风险。研究结果表明，参与体育运动，特别是多种体育运动，可以作为降低这一人群自杀风险的干预策略。

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Annals of Epidemiology 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

7.40

自引率

1.80%

发文量

207

审稿时长

59 days

期刊介绍： The journal emphasizes the application of epidemiologic methods to issues that affect the distribution and determinants of human illness in diverse contexts. Its primary focus is on chronic and acute conditions of diverse etiologies and of major importance to clinical medicine, public health, and health care delivery.