Bannink Rienke, Broeren Suzanne, van de Looij-Jansen Petra M, de Waart Frouwkje G, Raat Hein
Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam area, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
PLoS One. 2014 Apr 9;9(4):e94026. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094026. eCollection 2014.
To examine whether traditional and cyber bullying victimization were associated with adolescent's mental health problems and suicidal ideation at two-year follow-up. Gender differences were explored to determine whether bullying affects boys and girls differently.
A two-year longitudinal study was conducted among first-year secondary school students (N = 3181). Traditional and cyber bullying victimization were assessed at baseline, whereas mental health status and suicidal ideation were assessed at baseline and follow-up by means of self-report questionnaires. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess associations between these variables while controlling for baseline problems. Additionally, we tested whether gender differences in mental health and suicidal ideation were present for the two types of bullying.
There was a significant interaction between gender and traditional bullying victimization and between gender and cyber bullying victimization on mental health problems. Among boys, traditional and cyber bullying victimization were not related to mental health problems after controlling for baseline mental health. Among girls, both traditional and cyber bullying victimization were associated with mental health problems after controlling for baseline mental health. No significant interaction between gender and traditional or cyber bullying victimization on suicidal ideation was found. Traditional bullying victimization was associated with suicidal ideation, whereas cyber bullying victimization was not associated with suicidal ideation after controlling for baseline suicidal ideation.
Traditional bullying victimization is associated with an increased risk of suicidal ideation, whereas traditional, as well as cyber bullying victimization is associated with an increased risk of mental health problems among girls. These findings stress the importance of programs aimed at reducing bullying behavior, especially because early-onset mental health problems may pose a risk for the development of psychiatric disorders in adulthood.
在两年随访期内，研究传统欺凌和网络欺凌受害经历是否与青少年心理健康问题及自杀意念相关。探究性别差异，以确定欺凌对男孩和女孩的影响是否不同。
对初中一年级学生（N = 3181）开展了一项为期两年的纵向研究。在基线时评估传统欺凌和网络欺凌受害情况，而通过自我报告问卷在基线和随访时评估心理健康状况及自杀意念。进行逻辑回归分析，在控制基线问题的同时评估这些变量之间的关联。此外，我们检验了两种类型的欺凌在心理健康和自杀意念方面是否存在性别差异。
在心理健康问题上，性别与传统欺凌受害经历之间以及性别与网络欺凌受害经历之间存在显著交互作用。在男孩中，控制基线心理健康状况后，传统欺凌和网络欺凌受害经历与心理健康问题无关。在女孩中，控制基线心理健康状况后，传统欺凌和网络欺凌受害经历均与心理健康问题相关。在自杀意念方面，未发现性别与传统或网络欺凌受害经历之间存在显著交互作用。控制基线自杀意念后，传统欺凌受害经历与自杀意念相关，而网络欺凌受害经历与自杀意念无关。
传统欺凌受害经历与自杀意念风险增加相关，而传统欺凌以及网络欺凌受害经历在女孩中与心理健康问题风险增加相关。这些发现强调了旨在减少欺凌行为的项目的重要性，特别是因为早期出现的心理健康问题可能会对成年期精神障碍的发展构成风险。
