Department of Psychology, INVEST Research Flagship, University of Turku, 20500, Turku, Finland.
Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2021 Mar;49(3):339-350. doi: 10.1007/s10802-020-00755-z. Epub 2021 Jan 6.
Although there is evidence of concurrent associations between victimization and bully perpetration, it is still unclear how this relation unfolds over time. This study investigates whether victimization in childhood is a prospective risk factor for bully perpetration in early adolescence, and examines rumination as a socio-cognitive factor that may mediate this association. Participants included 553 third graders (43.2% boys; M = 9.85), with follow-up assessments when they were in fourth, seventh, and eighth grade. Results indicated that more frequent victimization in grades 3 and 4 was indirectly associated with bully perpetration in grade 8, through rumination in grade 7 about past victimization experiences in elementary school. This pattern remained regardless of whether the rumination elicited feelings of anger or sadness. Our findings demonstrate one pathway through which frequent victimization can lead to perpetration and underscore the important role of rumination in victims' subsequent adjustment. Implications for future interventions are discussed.
尽管有证据表明受害与欺凌行为之间存在并发关联，但这种关系如何随时间推移展开仍不清楚。本研究调查了童年时期的受害是否是青少年早期欺凌行为的前瞻性风险因素，并探讨了反刍思维作为可能中介这种关联的社会认知因素。参与者包括 553 名三年级学生（43.2%为男生；M=9.85），在他们四年级、七年级和八年级时进行了随访评估。结果表明，三年级和四年级时更频繁的受害与七年级时对小学时期过去受害经历的反刍之间存在间接关联，这种关联在反刍引起愤怒或悲伤感时仍然存在。无论反刍引起的是愤怒还是悲伤感，这一模式都保持不变。我们的研究结果表明了一种常见的受害行为可能导致欺凌行为的途径，并强调了反刍思维在受害者后续调整中的重要作用。讨论了对未来干预措施的影响。
