Zhao Yinqiu, Ji Xiaoqing, Feng Ningning, Cui Lijuan
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, Institute of Brain and Education Innovation, The School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Technology, Shanghai, China.
J Youth Adolesc. 2025 Aug 4. doi: 10.1007/s10964-025-02231-7.
Although previous studies have demonstrated bidirectional within-person associations between peer victimization and depressive symptoms in adolescence, the strength and pattern of these associations may differ across distinct forms of victimization. Moreover, the psychological mechanisms mediating these links and any gender-specific differences remain to be fully understood. This study employed a Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model to explore the within-person bidirectional associations among physical victimization, relational victimization, interpersonal trust, and depressive symptoms. A total of 1227 Chinese middle adolescents (56.6% girls; M = 16.00 years, SD = 0.61) participated in this three-wave longitudinal design with six-month intervals. The results revealed that interpersonal trust significantly mediated the bidirectional within-person associations between relational victimization and depressive symptoms, but not between physical victimization and depressive symptoms. Conversely, depressive symptoms predicted both types of victimization indirectly through lower interpersonal trust. Moreover, the within-person effect of physical victimization on interpersonal trust and that of interpersonal trust on depressive symptoms were significant only for boys, while the effect of interpersonal trust on physical victimization was significant only for girls. These findings highlight the crucial role of interpersonal trust in the bidirectional relations between peer victimization and depressive symptoms and suggest that intervention efforts targeting trust development may help to break this cycle during adolescence.
尽管先前的研究已经证明了青少年时期同伴受害与抑郁症状之间存在双向的个体内部关联，但这些关联的强度和模式可能因不同形式的受害情况而有所不同。此外，介导这些联系的心理机制以及任何性别差异仍有待充分了解。本研究采用随机截距交叉滞后面板模型，探讨身体受害、关系受害、人际信任和抑郁症状之间的个体内部双向关联。共有1227名中国青少年（女孩占56.6%；平均年龄M = 16.00岁，标准差SD = 0.61）参与了这项为期三波、间隔六个月的纵向研究设计。结果显示，人际信任显著介导了关系受害与抑郁症状之间的个体内部双向关联，但未介导身体受害与抑郁症状之间的这种关联。相反，抑郁症状通过较低的人际信任间接预测了两种类型的受害情况。此外，身体受害对人际信任的个体内部效应以及人际信任对抑郁症状的个体内部效应仅在男孩中显著，而人际信任对身体受害的效应仅在女孩中显著。这些发现突出了人际信任在同伴受害与抑郁症状双向关系中的关键作用，并表明针对信任发展的干预措施可能有助于在青少年时期打破这一循环。
