Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Prevention Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
J Adolesc Health. 2011 Apr;48(4):415-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.07.012. Epub 2010 Sep 22.
The study compared levels of depression among bullies, victims, and bully-victims of traditional (physical, verbal, and relational) and cyber bullying that is a relatively new form of bullying. The study also examined the association between depression and frequency of involvement in each form of bullying.
A U.S. nationally representative sample of students in grades 6-10 (N = 7,313) completed the bullying and depression items in the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children 2005 Survey.
Depression was associated with each of the four forms of bullying. Cyber victims reported higher depression than bullies or bully-victims, a result not observed in other forms of bullying. For physical, verbal, and relational bullies, the frequently-involved group of victims and bully victims reported a significantly higher level of depression than the corresponding occasionally involved group. For cyber bullying, differences were found only between the occasional and frequent victims.
Results indicated the importance of further study of cyber bullying because its association with depression was distinct from traditional forms of bullying.
本研究比较了传统（身体、言语和关系）和网络欺凌中欺凌者、受害者和欺凌-受害者的抑郁水平，网络欺凌是一种相对较新的欺凌形式。该研究还考察了抑郁与每种形式的欺凌参与频率之间的关联。
一项针对美国 6-10 年级学生的全国代表性样本（N=7313）完成了《2005 年儿童健康行为调查》中的欺凌和抑郁项目。
抑郁与四种形式的欺凌都有关联。网络受害者报告的抑郁程度高于欺凌者或欺凌-受害者，这在其他形式的欺凌中没有观察到。对于身体、言语和关系欺凌者，频繁卷入的受害者和欺凌-受害者群体报告的抑郁水平明显高于相应的偶尔卷入群体。对于网络欺凌，只有在偶尔受害者和频繁受害者之间存在差异。
研究结果表明，需要进一步研究网络欺凌，因为其与抑郁的关联与传统形式的欺凌不同。
