Sapienza University of Rome.
Psicothema. 2018 Nov;30(4):427-433. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2018.11.
Adolescent victims of bullying often present high levels of maladjustment, such as depression, anxiety, and the inability to manage anger. Both forgiveness and friendship have been found to be moderating agents for the debilitating psychological effects seen in the victims of bullying. Our aim was to explore the roles of forgiveness and friendship in the psychological adjustment of victimised youths.
The sample was composed of 2,105 adolescents (age range 13-20) recruited from central and southern Italy. We collected information on bullying, forgiveness, friendship, depression, anxiety and anger.
We found that more victimisation and not having a best friend had an additive effect on maladjustment. Moreover, adolescents who scored lower in forgiveness were more likely to be depressed and angry.
Our data provide confirmation that forgiveness is a protective factor for Italian adolescents, as is friendship, although they do not operate as interactive protective factors. Given that forgiveness is so significantly associated with wellbeing and the fact that it can be taught and enhanced in both clinical and school settings, it would be worthwhile to include work on forgiveness in prevention and treatment programmes.
遭受欺凌的青少年经常表现出高度的失调，如抑郁、焦虑和无法控制愤怒。宽恕和友谊都被发现是减轻欺凌受害者心理创伤的调节因素。我们的目的是探讨宽恕和友谊在受害青少年心理调节中的作用。
该样本由来自意大利中部和南部的 2105 名青少年（年龄在 13-20 岁之间）组成。我们收集了有关欺凌、宽恕、友谊、抑郁、焦虑和愤怒的信息。
我们发现，更多的受欺凌和没有最好的朋友对失调有累加效应。此外，宽恕得分较低的青少年更容易抑郁和愤怒。
我们的数据证实，宽恕是意大利青少年的保护因素，友谊也是，尽管它们不是相互作用的保护因素。鉴于宽恕与幸福感密切相关，而且它可以在临床和学校环境中被教授和增强，因此在预防和治疗计划中纳入宽恕工作将是值得的。
