CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Montreal.
J Abnorm Psychol. 2018 Nov;127(8):830-839. doi: 10.1037/abn0000380. Epub 2018 Sep 13.
Relationship between poor inhibitory control and adolescent interpersonal difficulties is well-documented. However, the way in which an emotionally neutral cognitive process (i.e., response inhibition) can lead to interpersonal difficulties is less clear. The current study is based on multimodal longitudinal data from 3,826 adolescents followed over a 4-year period. The main aim of this study was to examine an ecophenotype conceptualization of the association between response inhibition and bullying perpetration through increasing vulnerability of peer victimization and a negative attributional style toward self and others. To test for potential mediations, we first tested the independent effects of the main predictor (response inhibition) and proposed mediators (victimization, hostile automatic thoughts, and self esteem). Multilevel models highlighted independent effects of response inhibition, hostility-related automatic thoughts, and self-esteem in susceptibility to peer victimization and bullying perpetration, both in terms of general liability and fluctuations at each time point over the 4-year period (i.e., between and within person effects). Moreover, results from multivariate multilevel path model were in line with the ecophenotype conceptualization. Indirect effects indicated that general liability of peer victimization mediated the effect of poor response inhibition on bullying perpetration. Likewise, general liability and concurrent fluctuations in hostility-related automatic thoughts and self-esteem mediated the effect of peer victimization on bullying perpetration. The current study highlights the need for a comprehensive understanding of bullying perpetration which is only possible through consideration of individual characteristics along with environmental factors. This framework has the potential to inform targeted intervention strategies aimed at reducing peer-to-peer violence. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
不良抑制控制与青少年人际困难之间的关系已有充分的文献记载。然而，情感中立的认知过程（即反应抑制）如何导致人际困难尚不清楚。本研究基于对 3826 名青少年进行的为期 4 年的多模态纵向数据。本研究的主要目的是通过增加同伴受害的脆弱性和对自我和他人的消极归因方式，检验反应抑制与欺凌行为之间关联的生态表型概念化。为了检验潜在的中介作用，我们首先检验了主要预测因子（反应抑制）和提出的中介因子（受害、敌意自动思维和自尊）的独立效应。多层次模型突出了反应抑制、与敌意相关的自动思维和自尊在易受同伴受害和欺凌行为影响方面的独立影响，无论是在一般倾向还是在 4 年期间的每个时间点上的波动（即个体间和个体内效应）。此外，多元多层次路径模型的结果与生态表型概念化一致。间接效应表明，同伴受害的一般倾向中介了反应抑制不良对欺凌行为的影响。同样，敌意相关自动思维和自尊的一般倾向和同时波动也中介了同伴受害对欺凌行为的影响。本研究强调了需要全面理解欺凌行为，这只有通过考虑个体特征以及环境因素才能实现。这一框架有可能为旨在减少同伴暴力的有针对性的干预策略提供信息。（APA 版权所有 2018）。
