Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Yeongeon Student Support Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sci Rep. 2019 Apr 4;9(1):5655. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42199-6.
Verbal abuse is an emotional abuse intended to inflict intense humiliation-denigration-fear as perceived by exposed person. Network-based approaches have been applied to explore the integrative-segregated patterns of associations among the psychological features and external stimuli for diverse populations; few studies reported for verbal abuse effects in college population. Self-reporting measurements acquired form 5,616 college students were used for network analyses. Escalating cascades of verbal abuse from differential sources (parents, peers, or supervisors; network 1) and directed associations among verbal abuse severity-psychopathology-social interaction (network 2) were estimated using the directed acyclic graphs. Principal connectors of verbal abuse-psychopathology-social interaction were shown using the graph theory metrics calculated from the intra-individual covariance networks (network 3). Directed propagating patterns of verbal abuse phenomena differed by source (network 1). Severe peer-related verbal abuse affected psychomotor changes and influenced irritability (network 2). Verbal abuse of self-esteem damage and unjust blame served as connectors in the verbal abuse-psychopathology-social interaction; influence of smartphone overuse-related distress was stronger in cases with more severe verbal abuse (network 3). Verbal abuse that damages self-esteem and conveys unjust blame harms mental health and social interaction for college population.
言语虐待是一种旨在造成强烈羞辱、贬低和恐惧的情感虐待，被暴露者感知。基于网络的方法已被应用于探索不同人群的心理特征和外部刺激之间的综合和分离模式；很少有研究报告言语虐待对大学生群体的影响。使用来自 5616 名大学生的自我报告测量数据进行网络分析。使用有向无环图估计来自不同来源（父母、同龄人或主管；网络 1）的言语虐待升级级联，以及言语虐待严重程度、精神病理学、社会互动之间的定向关联（网络 2）。使用个体内协方差网络计算的图论度量值（网络 3）显示了言语虐待-精神病理学-社会互动的主要连接。言语虐待现象的定向传播模式因来源而异（网络 1）。严重的同伴相关言语虐待会影响精神运动变化，并影响易怒性（网络 2）。自尊受损和不公正指责的言语虐待作为言语虐待-精神病理学-社会互动的连接因素；在更严重的言语虐待情况下，与智能手机过度使用相关的痛苦的影响更强（网络 3）。损害自尊和传达不公正指责的言语虐待会损害大学生的心理健康和社会互动。
