Xie Yi, Zhang Meng-Meng, Wang Cong, Cai Jia, Wang Yu, Mu Yun-Fei, Deng Zhong-Yue, Deng Ai-Ping, Song Hong-Jun, Zhang Lan, Zhang Jun, Huang Yi, Yin Li, Jiang Ting-Ting, Shen Wen-Wu, Li Ming-Li, Ran Mao-Sheng
Mental Health Center & Institute of Psychiatry, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
The Fourth People's Hospital of Haining, Jiaxing, 314400, Zhejiang, China.
BMC Public Health. 2025 Aug 20;25(1):2856. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23905-8.
Given the importance and high prevalence of Internet addiction (IA), this study aimed to investigate the relationship between bullying victimization and Chinese adolescent students' IA and its mechanism-mediated by cyberbullying perpetration and moderated by social support.
Participants completed the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and provided information on their demographics, experiences with bullying, and social support. General linear modeling (GLM), structural equation modeling (SEM), and interaction item analysis were conducted.
The study included 60,268 middle and high school students with a mean age of 15.9 ± 1.651 years, comprising 45.6% males, 88.7% Han ethnicity, and 82.7% rural residents. Among the participants, 35.1% were classified as having IA, and 14.3% reported experiencing any bullying victimization. We found: (1) Bullying victimization was positively related to adolescent IA, except for physical victims; (2) reduced cyberbullying perpetration positively mediated the relation between social bullying victimization and adolescent IA while negatively mediating the link between physical and cyber victims and IA; (3) the positive moderation roles were observed in the effect of subjective support on the relationship between experiences of being cyberbullied and IA, objective support on the correlation between physical victimization and IA, and utilization of support on the link between social victimization and IA, while objective support negatively moderated the correlation between social victimization and IA.
The study suggests that cyberbullying perpetration and social support are important factors in understanding the impact of bullying victimization on adolescent IA and underscores the need for improving the quality of bullying interventions and social support for at-risk adolescents.
鉴于网络成瘾（IA）的重要性和高患病率，本研究旨在探讨欺凌受害经历与中国青少年学生网络成瘾之间的关系及其机制，该机制以网络欺凌行为为中介，并受社会支持的调节。
参与者完成了网络成瘾测试（IAT），并提供了有关其人口统计学、欺凌经历和社会支持的信息。进行了一般线性模型（GLM）、结构方程模型（SEM）和交互项分析。
该研究纳入了60268名中学生和高中生，平均年龄为15.9±1.651岁，其中男性占45.6%，汉族占88.7%，农村居民占82.7%。在参与者中，35.1%被归类为网络成瘾，14.3%报告曾遭受任何形式的欺凌。我们发现：（1）除身体欺凌受害者外，欺凌受害经历与青少年网络成瘾呈正相关；（2）减少网络欺凌行为正向中介了社交欺凌受害经历与青少年网络成瘾之间的关系，而负向中介了身体和网络欺凌受害者与网络成瘾之间的联系；（3）主观支持对网络欺凌经历与网络成瘾之间的关系、客观支持对身体欺凌受害经历与网络成瘾之间的相关性、支持利用对社交欺凌受害经历与网络成瘾之间的联系均具有正向调节作用，而客观支持对社交欺凌受害经历与网络成瘾之间的相关性具有负向调节作用。
该研究表明，网络欺凌行为和社会支持是理解欺凌受害经历对青少年网络成瘾影响的重要因素，并强调了提高针对高危青少年的欺凌干预质量和社会支持的必要性。
