Institute of Urban Governance, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
Department of Social Work, School of Law, Nanjing University of Finance & Economics, Nanjing 210023, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 10;19(12):7135. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19127135.
School bullying victimization among children is a significant public health issue that may negatively influence their mental health. However, few studies have been conducted on the bullying of migrant children in urban China. A positive psychological perspective has rarely been adopted in examining the mechanisms through which bullying victimization influences mental health, and the protective factors remain understudied. This research investigates the factors that may contribute to reducing the negative effects of bullying victimization on mental health, focusing on the protective roles of school belonging and resilience in the association between bullying victimization and mental health. Data were collected from 1087 school-aged migrant children in Shanghai and Nanjing, China. The PROCESS macro was used to conduct moderated mediation analyses to test the hypothesized models. The results of moderated mediation modeling revealed that bullying victimization (β = −0.386, p < 0.001) was negatively linked with mental health through decreased school belonging (β = 0.398, p < 0.001). Moreover, resilience buffered the indirect negative effects of bullying victimization on migrant children’s mental health via school belonging (β = −0.460, p < 0.01). Specifically, lower resilience was clearly associated with stronger indirect effects. Our findings suggest that school belonging and resilience must be incorporated into mental health prevention and intervention programs targeting migrant children with bullying victimization experiences.
儿童在学校受欺凌是一个严重的公共卫生问题，可能会对他们的心理健康产生负面影响。然而，在中国城市中，针对流动儿童受欺凌问题的研究很少。从积极心理学的角度研究欺凌对心理健康影响的机制以及保护因素的研究也很少。本研究旨在探讨可能有助于减少欺凌对心理健康负面影响的因素，重点关注学校归属感和韧性在欺凌受害与心理健康之间的保护作用。本研究的数据来自于中国上海和南京的 1087 名学龄期流动儿童。采用 PROCESS 宏进行了中介调节模型分析，以检验假设模型。中介调节模型的结果表明，欺凌受害（β=-0.386，p<0.001）通过降低学校归属感（β=0.398，p<0.001）与心理健康呈负相关。此外，韧性通过学校归属感缓冲了欺凌受害对流动儿童心理健康的间接负向影响（β=-0.460，p<0.01）。具体来说，较低的韧性与更强的间接影响明显相关。本研究结果表明，必须将学校归属感和韧性纳入针对有欺凌受害经历的流动儿童的心理健康预防和干预计划中。
