Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100875, China.
China National Children's Center, 43 Pinganlixi Street, Beijing, 100035, China.
J Youth Adolesc. 2022 Oct;51(10):2008-2017. doi: 10.1007/s10964-022-01620-6. Epub 2022 May 3.
Self-harm and aggression increase markedly during early adolescence. However, few studies considered these harmful behaviors simultaneously. This study employed a person-centered approach to identify profiles of adolescents who differed in their patterns of self-harm, reactive aggression, and proactive aggression, examined the stability of these patterns, and explored the effect of bullying victimization on latent profile membership and transition. A total of 2463 early adolescents (48.8% girls, M = 13.93 ± 0.59) participated in two waves of the study over six months. The results indicated that low symptoms profile (80.4%), moderate aggression profile (14.2%), high aggression profile (3.0%), and high self-harm profile (2.4%) were identified at time 1, and low symptoms profile (82.1%), dual-harm profile (7.6%), high aggression profile (7.7%), and high self-harm profile (2.6%) were identified at time 2. Adolescents assigned to at-risk profiles showed moderate to high transition, suggesting the developmental heterogeneity of self-harm and aggression. Moreover, adolescents high in bullying victimization were more likely to belong or transition to at-risk profiles. The findings revealed the co-occurring and transitional nature of self-harm and aggression and the transdiagnostic role of bullying victimization, which can be used to guide prevention and intervention strategies.
自我伤害和攻击行为在青少年早期显著增加。然而，很少有研究同时考虑这些有害行为。本研究采用以个体为中心的方法来识别自我伤害、反应性攻击和主动性攻击模式不同的青少年群体，考察这些模式的稳定性，并探讨欺凌受害对潜在群体成员和转变的影响。共有 2463 名青少年（48.8%为女生，M=13.93±0.59）参与了为期六个月的两次研究。结果表明，在第一次测量时确定了低症状模式（80.4%）、中度攻击模式（14.2%）、高攻击模式（3.0%）和高自我伤害模式（2.4%），而在第二次测量时确定了低症状模式（82.1%）、双重伤害模式（7.6%）、高攻击模式（7.7%）和高自我伤害模式（2.6%）。被分配到高风险模式的青少年表现出中度到高度的转变，这表明自我伤害和攻击行为存在发展异质性。此外，欺凌受害程度高的青少年更有可能属于或转变为高风险模式。研究结果揭示了自我伤害和攻击行为的共同发生和过渡性质，以及欺凌受害的跨诊断作用，这可以用来指导预防和干预策略。
