Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology, University of Florence, Via San Salvi 12, Padiglione 26, 50135 Firenze, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jul 23;16(14):2631. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16142631.
Victims of bullying and cyberbullying present internalizing problems, such as anxiety, psychosomatic and depressive symptoms, and are at higher risk of considering or attempting suicide. Researchers have put great effort into developing interventions able to stop bullying and cyberbullying, and thus buffering possible negative consequences. Despite this, only a few of them have investigated the effects of these programs on the psychological suffering of the victims. The NoTrap! program is an Italian evidence-based intervention able to reduce victimization, bullying, cybervictimization and cyberbullying. The aim of the present study is to analyze whether the NoTrap! program can reduce internalizing symptoms through the decrease in both victimization and cybervictimization. Participants were 622 adolescents, enrolled in the 9th grade of eight high schools in Tuscany (experimental group: = 451; control group: = 171). We collected data at three time points: pre-, mid- and post-intervention. Using latent growth curve models, we found that the program significantly predicted the change in internalizing symptoms over time. Furthermore, the mediation model showed that only the indirect effect via cybervictimization was significant. In summary, the program reduced internalizing symptoms within the experimental group successfully, through the decrease in cybervictimization more so than through the mediational effect of decreasing victimization.
受欺凌和网络欺凌的受害者会出现内化问题，如焦虑、身心症状和抑郁症状，并且更有可能考虑或尝试自杀。研究人员已经投入大量精力开发能够阻止欺凌和网络欺凌的干预措施，从而缓冲可能的负面后果。尽管如此，只有少数研究调查了这些项目对受害者心理痛苦的影响。NoTrap! 计划是一个基于意大利证据的干预计划，能够减少受害、欺凌、网络受害和网络欺凌。本研究的目的是分析 NoTrap! 计划是否可以通过减少受害和网络受害来减轻内化症状。参与者为 622 名青少年，他们在托斯卡纳的八所高中的 9 年级入学（实验组：n=451；对照组：n=171）。我们在三个时间点收集数据：干预前、干预中和干预后。使用潜在增长曲线模型，我们发现该计划显著预测了内化症状随时间的变化。此外，中介模型表明，只有通过网络受害的间接效应才具有统计学意义。总之，该计划通过减少网络受害，成功地降低了实验组的内化症状，而不是通过减少受害的中介效应。
