Citation

Yin XQ, Wang LH, Zhang GD, Liang XB, Li J, Zimmerman MA, Wang JL. Psychiatry Res. 2017; 256: 59-65.

Affiliation

Center for Mental Health Education, School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. Electronic address: wangjinliang09@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2017.06.037

PMID

28623769

Abstract

We examined the relationship between bully victimization experience and depression in rural adolescents and analyzed the moderating roles of peer support and active coping in male and female students. The sample comprised N=755 adolescents (376 females) with a mean age of 13.52 years. Through structural model and multi-group analysis, the results indicated: (1) a significant gender difference on the positive association between bullying victimization and depression; (2) peer support had a directly negative effect on depression among all boarding adolescents; and (3) significant moderating effect of active coping on the association between victimization and depression, without significant gender difference. We discuss enhancing active coping and peer support as a prevention strategy to reduce adverse mental health outcomes in adolescents due to bullying victimization.

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Language: en

Keywords

Active coping; Bullying victimization; Depression; Peer support