Department of Psychology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Aug 15;21(8):1069. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21081069.
Researchers have focused on identifying factors that may mitigate the negative consequences associated with cyberbullying victimization. A significant factor that has received considerable attention is perceived social support from parents and friends and its potential to reduce the risk of cyberbullying victimization and the associated negative mental health issues. However, the buffering effects of perceived social support from parents and friends on the longitudinal relationships among cyberbullying victimization, depression, subjective health complaints, and self-harm have been less explored, particularly in cross-cultural contexts. To address this gap, the present study examined the role of perceived social support from parents and friends in buffering against depression, subjective health complaints, and self-harm, measured one year later, associated with cyberbullying victimization among 463 Chinese (49% female) and 445 American (52% female) eighth graders (ages 13-15). They completed self-report questionnaires on cyberbullying victimization, perceived social support from parents and friends, and mental health (i.e., depression, subjective health complaints, self-harm). One year later, they completed the same mental health questionnaires. The findings revealed no differences in reports of perceived support from parents, but greater reports of social support from friends for American adolescents when compared to Chinese adolescents. High levels of perceived social support from parents were associated with a stronger negative relationship between cyberbullying victimization, depression, subjective health complaints, and self-harm for both Chinese and American adolescents, with these effects being more pronounced for Chinese adolescents, while opposite patterns were found for American adolescents and perceived social support from friends. These results are discussed in the context of cultural values and how these values shape the role of adults in adolescents' lives.
研究人员一直致力于确定可能减轻与网络欺凌受害相关的负面后果的因素。一个受到广泛关注的重要因素是来自父母和朋友的感知社会支持，以及它降低网络欺凌受害风险和相关心理健康问题的潜力。然而，来自父母和朋友的感知社会支持对网络欺凌受害、抑郁、主观健康抱怨和自伤之间的纵向关系的缓冲作用在跨文化背景下研究较少。为了解决这一差距，本研究考察了来自父母和朋友的感知社会支持在缓冲与网络欺凌受害相关的抑郁、主观健康抱怨和自伤方面的作用，这些问题是在一年后测量的，涉及 463 名中国（49%为女性）和 445 名美国（52%为女性）八年级学生（年龄 13-15 岁）。他们完成了关于网络欺凌受害、来自父母和朋友的感知社会支持以及心理健康（即抑郁、主观健康抱怨、自伤）的自我报告问卷。一年后，他们完成了相同的心理健康问卷。研究结果显示，父母感知支持的报告没有差异，但与中国青少年相比，美国青少年报告的来自朋友的社会支持更多。来自父母的高感知社会支持与中国和美国青少年的网络欺凌受害、抑郁、主观健康抱怨和自伤之间的负性关系更强相关，对于中国青少年而言，这种影响更为明显，而对于美国青少年和来自朋友的感知社会支持则存在相反的模式。这些结果在文化价值观的背景下进行了讨论，以及这些价值观如何塑造成年人在青少年生活中的角色。
