Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, China.
Fuyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 19, Zhongnan Avenue, Fuyang 236000, Anhui, China.
J Affect Disord. 2022 Feb 15;299:12-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.11.053. Epub 2021 Nov 22.
Among adolescents, child maltreatment is linked to being bullied at school. Nevertheless, little is known about the mediating mechanisms underlying this association. Therefore, our research aimed to explore and evaluate the potential mediators of the relationship between child maltreatment and bullying victimization among Chinese adolescents.
From October to December 2020, a population-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 6247 adolescents (3401 males, 2846 females) in Anhui Province, China. The subjects of the survey were elementary and middle school students from grades 4 to 9. The data were collected through self-report questionnaires. Pearson correlation and linear regression were used to examine the relationships among child maltreatment, bullying victimization, family function, resilience, and anxiety. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to conduct mediation analyses.
The results indicated that child maltreatment positively predicted the later bullying victimization of adolescents. Resilience and anxiety were each shown to separately mediate this relationship. Moreover, the sequential mediating effects of family function, resilience, and anxiety also mediated the predictive effect of child maltreatment on bullying victimization.
Resilience and anxiety were both shown to be important independent mediators for the relationship between child maltreatment and bullying victimization. Furthermore, the combined mediating effects of family function, resilience, and anxiety were also of great significance. These findings provide additional evidence that family and individual factors are critical to understanding bullying victimization. Effective prevention and intervention strategies for school bullying should target family and individual vulnerabilities in adolescents.
在青少年中，虐待儿童与在学校被欺凌有关。然而，人们对这种关联的潜在中介机制知之甚少。因此，我们的研究旨在探索和评估中国青少年虐待儿童与欺凌受害之间关系的潜在中介机制。
2020 年 10 月至 12 月，在中国安徽省进行了一项基于人群的横断面调查，共有 6247 名青少年（3401 名男性，2846 名女性）参与。调查对象为 4 至 9 年级的中小学生。数据通过自报问卷收集。采用 Pearson 相关和线性回归检验虐待儿童、欺凌受害、家庭功能、韧性和焦虑之间的关系。结构方程模型（SEM）用于进行中介分析。
结果表明，虐待儿童正向预测青少年后期的欺凌受害。韧性和焦虑分别单独中介了这种关系。此外，家庭功能、韧性和焦虑的顺序中介效应也中介了虐待儿童对欺凌受害的预测效应。
韧性和焦虑都是虐待儿童与欺凌受害关系的重要独立中介因素。此外，家庭功能、韧性和焦虑的综合中介效应也非常重要。这些发现提供了额外的证据，表明家庭和个体因素对于理解欺凌受害至关重要。有效的学校欺凌预防和干预策略应针对青少年的家庭和个体脆弱性。
