Schacter Hannah L, Ehrhardt Alexandra
Department of Psychology, 2954Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Nov;37(21-22):NP20994-NP21018. doi: 10.1177/08862605211055153. Epub 2021 Dec 4.
Although experiences of adolescent peer victimization elevate risk for depressive symptoms during emerging adulthood, the mechanisms underlying this pathway are not well-understood. Drawing from attribution theory and models of relational schemas, the current study introduces romantic self-blame as a putative novel mechanism linking adolescent peer victimization to emerging adult depressive symptoms and evaluates perceived social support as a protective factor. A diverse sample of 350 emerging adults completed self-report measures of retrospective peer victimization, romantic characterological and behavioral self-blaming attributions, social support, and depressive symptoms. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the hypothesized two-factor structure of romantic self-blame. Additionally, conditional process models demonstrated that elevated romantic characterological-but not behavioral-self-blame partially explained the association between retrospective peer victimization and current depressive symptoms, particularly among those perceiving low social support. Results suggest that earlier peer victimization may alter emerging adults' romantic appraisals in ways that increase distress, particularly in the absence of supportive interpersonal relationships.
尽管青少年时期遭受同伴欺凌会增加成年早期出现抑郁症状的风险，但这一途径背后的机制尚未得到充分理解。本研究借鉴归因理论和关系图式模型，引入浪漫自责这一假定的新机制，将青少年时期遭受同伴欺凌与成年早期抑郁症状联系起来，并将感知到的社会支持评估为一种保护因素。350名成年早期个体的多样化样本完成了关于回顾性同伴欺凌、浪漫性格和行为自责归因、社会支持以及抑郁症状的自我报告测量。验证性因素分析支持了浪漫自责的假设双因素结构。此外，条件过程模型表明，浪漫性格自责（而非行为自责）程度的升高部分解释了回顾性同伴欺凌与当前抑郁症状之间的关联，尤其是在那些感知到低社会支持的个体中。结果表明，早期遭受同伴欺凌可能会以增加痛苦的方式改变成年早期个体的浪漫评价，尤其是在缺乏支持性人际关系的情况下。
