Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU, 96913, USA.
Department of Applied Childcare, Higashiosaka Junior College, 3-1-1 Nishizutsumigakuencho, Higashiosaka, Osaka, 577-8567, Japan.
Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2024 Jun;52(6):983-996. doi: 10.1007/s10802-023-01155-9. Epub 2024 Feb 13.
The present study examined developmental changes in forms of peer victimization and longitudinal associations between forms of peer victimization and internalizing problems among Japanese adolescents. Participants were 271 students (Time 1 M age = 12.72, SD = 0.45, 50% girls) from 9 classrooms and 2 public middle schools in Japan. Data were collected at five time points from 7th to 9th grade. Growth curve modeling (GCM) of mean changes indicated that relational victimization and internalizing problems decreased over three school years. Overt victimization first decreased and then remained relatively constant toward the end of the assessment. In addition, the results of the Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model (RI-CLPM) indicated that the random intercept of relational victimization was positively and strongly correlated with that of internalizing problems. Although the random intercept of overt victimization was positively correlated with that of internalizing problems, the effect size was small to moderate. In general, there were no significant within-person changes between relational and overt victimization and internalizing problems. However, some exceptions were noted towards the end of middle school, such that higher relational victimization was associated with increases in internalizing problems, which in turn led to more relational victimization. There were no gender differences in the above trajectories or in the transactional models. The findings regarding at-risk youth who are vulnerable to relational and overt victimization are discussed from clinical, cultural, and developmental perspectives.
本研究考察了日本青少年在同伴侵害形式方面的发展变化，以及同伴侵害形式与内化问题之间的纵向关联。参与者为来自日本 2 所公立中学的 9 个班级的 271 名学生（第 1 次测量时平均年龄为 12.72 岁，标准差为 0.45，50%为女生）。数据从 7 年级到 9 年级共收集了 5 次。平均变化的增长曲线模型（GCM）表明，关系型欺凌和内化问题在三年的学校生活中逐渐减少。公开欺凌最初减少，然后在评估结束时保持相对稳定。此外，随机截距交叉滞后面板模型（RI-CLPM）的结果表明，关系型欺凌的随机截距与内化问题的随机截距呈正相关且高度相关。虽然公开欺凌的随机截距与内化问题呈正相关，但效应大小较小到中等。总体而言，关系型欺凌和公开欺凌与内化问题之间没有明显的个体内变化。然而，在中学后期，也存在一些例外情况，即较高的关系型欺凌与内化问题的增加有关，而内化问题反过来又导致更多的关系型欺凌。在上述轨迹或交互模型中，没有发现性别差异。从临床、文化和发展的角度讨论了易受关系型和公开型欺凌影响的高危青年的发现。
