Li Xi, Zhao Yuejiao, Jiang Kewen, Shi Ke, Gong Fangying, Chen Ning, Liu Wei
School of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China.
Lab for Educational BigData and Policymaking, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shaghai, 200234, China.
J Adolesc. 2025 Feb;97(2):345-356. doi: 10.1002/jad.12420. Epub 2024 Oct 11.
Bullying among adolescents is a global public health issue prevalent in schools, posing significant risks to positive adolescent development. Studies have shown that bullied adolescents tend to engage in more bullying perpetration, but this underlying process of longitudinal correlation has not been fully elucidated.
Based on two waves of longitudinal data collected from 347 junior and 144 senior high school students in China (M = 13.66 years, SD = 1.46, 59.27% boys) at 1-year intervals, two moderated chain-mediation models were used to explore the longitudinal correlations between bullying victimization and bullying perpetration and its underlying processes.
The results found a significant positive correlation between adolescents' bullying victimization experiences 1 year prior and bullying perpetration 1 year later. Furthermore, fear of negative evaluation and psychache played a longitudinal chain-mediating role in the process, with self-esteem and grade moderating this mediating pathway, either enhancing or weakening the effect.
This study demonstrates that prior bullying victimization is longitudinally and positively associated with subsequent bullying perpetration among adolescents. This process is mediated by fear of negative evaluation and psychache, with self-esteem and grade level as moderators. Based on these conclusions, we have formulated the Threat-Motivation Model, offering a framework to understand the relationship between bullying victimization and bullying perpetration. Practical implications, including strategies to reduce bullying in youth groups, are discussed.
青少年欺凌是一个在学校中普遍存在的全球公共卫生问题，对青少年的积极发展构成重大风险。研究表明，受欺凌的青少年往往更容易实施欺凌行为，但这种纵向关联的潜在过程尚未完全阐明。
基于对中国347名初中生和144名高中生（平均年龄M = 13.66岁，标准差SD = 1.46，男生占59.27%）每隔1年收集的两波纵向数据，使用两个有调节的链式中介模型来探讨欺凌受害与欺凌 perpetration 之间的纵向关联及其潜在过程。
结果发现，青少年1年前的欺凌受害经历与1年后的欺凌 perpetration 之间存在显著的正相关。此外，对负面评价的恐惧和心理痛苦在这一过程中起纵向链式中介作用，自尊和年级对这一中介路径具有调节作用，增强或削弱其效果。
本研究表明，青少年先前的欺凌受害经历与随后的欺凌 perpetration 在纵向上呈正相关。这一过程由对负面评价的恐惧和心理痛苦介导，自尊和年级水平起调节作用。基于这些结论，我们构建了威胁 - 动机模型，为理解欺凌受害与欺凌 perpetration 之间的关系提供了一个框架。讨论了包括减少青少年群体中欺凌行为的策略在内的实际意义。
文中“bullying perpetration”未准确对应中文词汇，保留英文以便理解。
