Tilburg center for Cognition and Communication, Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Department of Communication Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Aggress Behav. 2022 Mar;48(2):205-218. doi: 10.1002/ab.22006. Epub 2021 Nov 2.
Adolescent bullying victimization can have long-term mental health and well-being outcomes. This study focused on the potential mediating role of the perceived long-term negative and positive impact of adolescent bullying victimization to understand its relations with mental health and well-being problems during emerging adulthood. A retrospective study consisting of closed and open-ended questions was conducted among 1010 Flemish and 650 Dutch emerging adults aged 18-26. Path analyses among early victims (N = 644; N = 217) demonstrated that the relations between bullying victimization intensity and current self-esteem, social interaction anxiety, and life satisfaction were all mediated by the perceived negative long-term impact of adolescent bullying victimization. Additionally, the open-ended questions provided a better understanding of the perceived negative and positive impact of adolescent bullying victimization. The present study offers insights into the importance of considering subjective perceptions of the overall impact of being bullied to understand long-term bullying victimization outcomes. Implications and limitations are discussed, including the need for longitudinal data-for instance, a three-wave panel study-to establish the temporal order of effects.
青少年受欺凌会对其心理健康和幸福感产生长期影响。本研究重点关注青少年受欺凌长期负面影响和积极影响的潜在中介作用，以了解其与成年早期心理健康和幸福感问题的关系。本研究在 1010 名佛兰芒和 650 名荷兰 18-26 岁的成年早期个体中进行了一项回顾性研究，包括封闭和开放式问题。早期受害者（N=644；N=217）的路径分析表明，欺凌受害强度与当前自尊、社交互动焦虑和生活满意度之间的关系均受到青少年受欺凌长期负面影响的中介作用。此外，开放式问题提供了对青少年受欺凌的消极和积极影响的更好理解。本研究深入了解了考虑被欺凌的整体影响的主观感知对于理解长期欺凌受害结果的重要性。讨论了研究的意义和局限性，包括需要使用纵向数据（例如，三波面板研究）来确定影响的时间顺序。
