Key result
Sports participation protected against suicidal behaviour in European-American students, but was a potential risk factor for minority girls and had no association in minority boys.
Why the study?
Does participation in sports activities reduce suicidal behaviour in students?
Cross-Sectional (n=152,858)
Yes
Does participation in sports activities reduce suicidal behaviour in students?
Sports participation has a differential impact on suicidal behavior among students depending on race and gender, being protective for European-Americans but potentially a risk factor for minority girls.
Differential associations by race/gender preclude broad recommendations; hypothesis-generating for prospective studies in diverse youth.
In order to study whether participation in sports has a protective impact on suicidal behaviour in students, the data from 11 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys were combined providing a sample size of 152,858 students. The results indicated that sports participation was a protective factor against suicidal behaviour for European-American boys and girls. However, for African-American, Hispanic-American and Asian-American girls, participation in sports might be a risk factor for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. For boys from minority ethnic groups, participation in sports was not associated with suicidal behaviour.
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David Lester (2015) conducted a cross-sectional in Suicidal behaviour (n=152,858). Participation in sports activities vs. No sports participation was evaluated on Suicidal behaviour (suicidal ideation and suicide attempts). Sports participation protected against suicidal behaviour in European-American students, but was a potential risk factor for minority girls and had no association in minority boys.
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