Espinosa Becerra Ana Karen, Bureau Jean-François, Guérin-Marion Camille, Lafontaine Marie-France
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Psychiatr Q. 2025 Jul 12. doi: 10.1007/s11126-025-10181-3.
Peer bullying (PB) and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) are major public health concerns, often found to be correlates. While literature suggests emotion dysregulation may explain this association, its role as potential mediator remains unclear. This study examined the indirect relationship between retrospective school-based relational PB and past-year NSSI in emerging adults through emotion dysregulation. University students (N = 2,353), aged 17-25 (M=18.95, SD=1.52), completed the Retrospective Bullying Questionnaire, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, and the Ottawa Self-Injury Inventory. Findings suggest that emotion dysregulation potentially explains the link between school-based PB and NSSI in young adulthood. Mediation analyses revealed that self-reported PB was indirectly related to past-year NSSI through general emotion dysregulation (β = 0.1, CI [0.02, 0.17]). Specifically, the limited access to emotion regulation strategies (β = 0.12, CI [0.05, 0.19]) and difficulty engaging in goal-directed behavior (β = 0.05, CI [0.00, 0.09]) dimensions significantly mediated the PB-NSSI link. These findings highlight the clinical relevance of ED processes in understanding NSSI risk among individuals with bullying histories. Intervention and prevention programs targeting emotion regulation skill development may help mitigate the impact of PB and reduce self-injury risk. Further longitudinal research is needed to clarify the role of emotion regulation skills in the bullying-NSSI association.
同伴欺凌（PB）和非自杀性自伤（NSSI）是重大的公共卫生问题，经常被发现存在关联。虽然文献表明情绪失调可能解释这种关联，但其作为潜在中介的作用仍不明确。本研究通过情绪失调检验了新兴成年人中基于学校的回顾性关系型PB与过去一年NSSI之间的间接关系。年龄在17 - 25岁（M = 18.95，SD = 1.52）的大学生（N = 2353）完成了回顾性欺凌问卷、情绪调节困难量表和渥太华自伤量表。研究结果表明，情绪失调可能解释了青年期基于学校的PB与NSSI之间的联系。中介分析显示，自我报告的PB通过一般情绪失调与过去一年的NSSI间接相关（β = 0.1，CI [0.02, 0.17]）。具体而言，情绪调节策略的获取受限（β = 0.12，CI [0.05, 0.19]）和难以参与目标导向行为（β = 0.05，CI [0.00, 0.09]）维度显著中介了PB - NSSI的联系。这些发现凸显了情绪失调过程在理解有欺凌史个体的NSSI风险中的临床相关性。针对情绪调节技能发展的干预和预防项目可能有助于减轻PB的影响并降低自伤风险。需要进一步的纵向研究来阐明情绪调节技能在欺凌 - NSSI关联中的作用。
