Olson Chelsea, Bellmore Amy
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Violence Vict. 2025 Jul 11;40(3):422-436. doi: 10.1891/VV-2022-0223.
Cybervictimization is strongly and positively associated with depressive symptoms in adolescence. Identifying mechanisms of this association is imperative to benefit adolescents' mental health. Applying the General Aggression Model in a theoretically novel way, this study examined a complex mediational pathway between cybervictimization and depressive symptoms. Two hundred seventy-seven adolescent participants ( age = 15.84; 65.7% females) reported their own cybervictimization experiences, depressive symptoms, and cognitive, emotional, and behavioral attributions in response to a hypothetical cybervictimization scenario. Path analysis within structural equation modeling was used to test a model where cybervictimization predicted depressive symptoms through characterological self-blame cognitions, sadness emotions, and passive avoidance behaviors. Characterological self-blame was found to partially mediate the positive and significant association between cybervictimization and depressive symptoms. Sadness emotions and passive avoidance behaviors did not emerge as significant mediators. The findings implicate the importance of cognitions in explaining the association between cybervictimization and depression and suggest incorporating cognitive re-framing education into anti-cyberbullying prevention programs.
网络受害经历与青少年的抑郁症状呈强烈正相关。确定这种关联的机制对于促进青少年的心理健康至关重要。本研究以一种理论上新颖的方式应用一般攻击模型，考察了网络受害经历与抑郁症状之间复杂的中介路径。277名青少年参与者（年龄=15.84岁；65.7%为女性）报告了他们自己的网络受害经历、抑郁症状，以及对一个假设的网络受害情景的认知、情绪和行为归因。使用结构方程模型中的路径分析来检验一个模型，即网络受害经历通过性格自责认知、悲伤情绪和被动回避行为来预测抑郁症状。结果发现，性格自责部分中介了网络受害经历与抑郁症状之间的正向显著关联。悲伤情绪和被动回避行为并未成为显著的中介因素。这些发现表明认知在解释网络受害经历与抑郁之间的关联中具有重要性，并建议将认知重构教育纳入反网络欺凌预防项目。
