Université du Québec à Montréal, QC, Canada.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Jul;37(13-14):NP11271-NP11295. doi: 10.1177/0886260521991884. Epub 2021 Feb 5.
Peer victimization and dating violence are highly prevalent among adolescents. Those two forms of victimization are notably associated with heightened levels of internalizing problems. The stress generation hypothesis stipulates that depressive cognitions and behaviors may generate interpersonal stressors for depressed individuals. It has thus been hypothesized that victims of peer victimization may experience higher levels of internalizing problems, which in turn, may render them more at risk of experiencing dating violence victimization. We used a longitudinal design with three waves from the Quebec Youth's Romantic Relationships Survey ( = 4,923). Participants (59.6% girls, aged between 14 and 18 years old) reported their experiences of dating violence victimization, peer victimization and psychological distress. A cross-lagged panel analysis was performed to test the mediational effect of psychological distress between peer victimization and dating violence while controlling for age and gender. The interaction effect of gender in the model was also tested. The longitudinal relationship between peer victimization and dating violence victimization was significantly mediated by internalizing problems. This result thus supports the stress generation hypothesis. No interaction effect of gender was observed in the model, thus suggesting that this relationship does not change as a function of gender. This study offers to practitioners in the area of prevention and intervention for peer victimization and dating violence a different way of tackling the problem of revictimization. Indeed, our findings revealed that internalizing problems were longitudinally associated with subsequent relational problems, when occurring after being victimized. Therefore, addressing internalizing problems instead, or in addition to prevention or intervention efforts to stop victimization may help in reducing revictimization rates.
同伴侵害和约会暴力在青少年中非常普遍。这两种形式的受害与内化问题的加剧显著相关。应激产生假说规定，抑郁认知和行为可能会给抑郁个体带来人际应激源。因此，有人假设同伴侵害的受害者可能会经历更高水平的内化问题，这反过来又使他们更容易遭受约会暴力侵害。我们使用了来自魁北克青少年浪漫关系调查的三个波次的纵向设计（n=4923）。参与者（59.6%为女孩，年龄在 14 至 18 岁之间）报告了他们遭受约会暴力侵害、同伴侵害和心理困扰的经历。进行了交叉滞后面板分析，以测试心理困扰在同伴侵害和约会暴力之间的中介效应，同时控制年龄和性别。还测试了模型中性别交互效应。同伴侵害和约会暴力侵害之间的纵向关系显著由内化问题介导。因此，这一结果支持了应激产生假说。模型中没有观察到性别交互效应，这表明这种关系不因性别而异。这项研究为同伴侵害和约会暴力预防和干预领域的从业者提供了一种解决再受害问题的不同方法。事实上，我们的发现表明，内化问题与随后的关系问题纵向相关，当它们发生在受害之后。因此，解决内化问题，而不是或除了预防或干预努力以停止受害，可能有助于降低再受害率。
