Psychology for Development Research Center, Lusíada University-Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Académico de Torres Vedras, Torres Vedras, Portugal.
Aggress Behav. 2024 Jun;50(4):e22170. doi: 10.1002/ab.22170.
Further research is needed to clarify the association of the different forms of bullying with social anxiety and social withdrawal over time in adolescents. This two-wave panel study with a 1-year time lag (October 2021-October 2022) examined the cross-lagged relationships between bullying victimization and bullying perpetration, social anxiety (i.e., fear or distress in social situations), and social withdrawal (i.e., consistent, and deliberate social solitude). Participants were 485 middle school students (234 girls) attending the seventh or eighth grade at Time 1 (T1) (M = 12.67 years, SD = 1.14 years). Social anxiety and social withdrawal were assessed using subscales of the Social and Emotional Competencies Evaluation Questionnaire. Bullying perpetration and bullying victimization were assessed using the Bullying and Cyberbullying Behavior Questionnaire-Short Form. The within-wave associations between the study variables were similar at T1 and Time 2 (T2), with the exception that the association between bullying perpetration and social anxiety was much weaker at T1 than at T2. The results of the path analysis showed that T1 bullying perpetration predicted T2 social anxiety, and that T1 bullying victimization predicted T2 social withdrawal. We also found a reciprocal relationship between social anxiety and social withdrawal. These findings highlight the importance of preventive and remediation interventions to reduce social anxiety in adolescents who engage in and experience bullying behavior.
需要进一步的研究来阐明不同形式的欺凌与青少年社交焦虑和社交回避之间的关联，这种关联随时间的变化而变化。本项为期一年（2021 年 10 月至 2022 年 10 月）的两波面板研究，考察了欺凌受害与欺凌施害、社交焦虑（即在社交情境中感到恐惧或苦恼）和社交回避（即在社交场合中持续且刻意的独处）之间的交叉滞后关系。参与者是 485 名初中学生（女生 234 名），他们在 T1（2021 年 10 月）时处于七年级或八年级（M=12.67 岁，SD=1.14 岁）。社交焦虑和社交回避使用《社会和情感能力评估问卷》的子量表进行评估。欺凌施害和欺凌受害使用《欺凌和网络欺凌行为问卷-短表》进行评估。除了在 T1 时欺凌施害与社交焦虑之间的关联比 T2 时弱之外，T1 和 T2 时研究变量之间的同期关联相似。路径分析的结果表明，T1 的欺凌施害预测了 T2 的社交焦虑，而 T1 的欺凌受害预测了 T2 的社交回避。我们还发现社交焦虑和社交回避之间存在一种相互关系。这些发现强调了预防和矫正干预措施的重要性，以减少参与和经历欺凌行为的青少年的社交焦虑。
