School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK.
Br J Educ Psychol. 2011 Sep;81(Pt 3):409-20. doi: 10.1348/000709910X525804. Epub 2011 Mar 7.
BACKGROUND. Previous research has found links between being a victim of bullying and reporting more unhealthy eating behaviours and cognitions, particularly in girls. However, little is known about the factors that might mediate these relationships. AIM. The present study compared the relationships between bullying, emotional adjustment, restrained eating, and body dissatisfaction in adolescent boys and girls. SAMPLE/METHOD. Self-report data were collected from a sample of 11- to 14-year-olds (N= 376) on experiences of bullying, emotional symptoms, and unhealthy eating and shape-related attitudes and behaviours. RESULTS. Bullying, emotional symptoms, restrained eating, and body dissatisfaction were all correlated. Emotional symptoms were found to significantly mediate the relationships between verbal bullying with body dissatisfaction in girls but not in boys. CONCLUSIONS. Findings suggest that the experience of being verbally bullied places adolescent girls at risk of developing emotional problems which can then lead to body dissatisfaction. Longitudinal research is necessary to disentangle these pathways in more detail to facilitate the development of informed interventions to support children who are being bullied.
先前的研究发现，遭受欺凌与报告更多的不健康饮食行为和认知之间存在关联，尤其是在女孩中。然而，对于可能调解这些关系的因素知之甚少。目的：本研究比较了欺凌、情绪调节、节食和身体不满在青少年男孩和女孩中的关系。样本/方法：对 11 至 14 岁的儿童（N=376）进行了欺凌、情绪症状以及不健康饮食和与体型相关的态度和行为的自我报告数据收集。结果：欺凌、情绪症状、节食和身体不满都相关。研究发现，情绪症状显著中介了言语欺凌与女孩身体不满之间的关系，但在男孩中则不然。结论：研究结果表明，遭受言语欺凌会使青春期女孩面临出现情绪问题的风险，而这些问题又可能导致身体不满。需要进行纵向研究来更详细地阐明这些途径，以便为受到欺凌的儿童制定明智的干预措施提供支持。
