Institute of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
J Youth Adolesc. 2023 Nov;52(11):2370-2383. doi: 10.1007/s10964-023-01833-3. Epub 2023 Aug 10.
Despite the well-established relationship between early experiences of victimization and later re-victimization, little is known about the exact mechanism of this cycle of victimization. The present study examined whether the route from rejection sensitivity to aggression mediates the associations between different forms of childhood abuse and later peer victimization longitudinally. A total of 3525 adolescents (56.6% male; M = 13.21 ± 0.85) participated in this three-wave study, with a 6-month lag and a 9-month lag respectively. The results indicated that the association between childhood emotional abuse and peer victimization were independently mediated by aggression, and sequentially mediated by rejection sensitivity and aggression in both sexes. Sex differences existed regarding the association between childhood physical abuse and aggression, such that only in adolescent boys did physical abuse show significant effect on aggression, resulting in later peer victimization. In general, these findings suggest that maladaptive social-cognitive processes and behavioral patterns are crucial for understanding the mechanism of the vicious cycle of victimization, and sex differences must be considered when examining different types of childhood abuse.
尽管早期受害经历与后来再次受害之间的关系已得到充分证实，但对于这种受害循环的确切机制知之甚少。本研究考察了从拒绝敏感性到攻击性的途径是否在纵向上调节了不同形式的儿童虐待与后来同伴受害之间的关联。共有 3525 名青少年（56.6%为男性；M=13.21±0.85）参与了这项三波研究，分别有 6 个月和 9 个月的滞后。结果表明，儿童期情感虐待与同伴受害之间的关联独立地通过攻击性来介导，在两性中，又通过拒绝敏感性和攻击性来序列性地介导。儿童期身体虐待与攻击性之间的关联存在性别差异，即只有在青春期男孩中，身体虐待对攻击性有显著影响，从而导致后来的同伴受害。总的来说，这些发现表明，适应不良的社会认知过程和行为模式对于理解受害循环的机制至关重要，在检查不同类型的儿童虐待时必须考虑到性别差异。
