@article{ref1,
title="Verbal abuse related to self-esteem damage and unjust blame harms mental health and social interaction in college population",
journal="Scientific reports",
year="2019",
author="Yun, Je-Yeon and Shim, Geumsook and Jeong, Bumseok",
volume="9",
number="1",
pages="e5655-e5655",
abstract="Verbal abuse is an emotional abuse intended to inflict intense humiliation-denigration-fear as perceived by exposed person. Network-based approaches have been applied to explore the integrative-segregated patterns of associations among the psychological features and external stimuli for diverse populations; few studies reported for verbal abuse effects in college population. Self-reporting measurements acquired form 5,616 college students were used for network analyses. Escalating cascades of verbal abuse from differential sources (parents, peers, or supervisors; network 1) and directed associations among verbal abuse severity-psychopathology-social interaction (network 2) were estimated using the directed acyclic graphs. Principal connectors of verbal abuse-psychopathology-social interaction were shown using the graph theory metrics calculated from the intra-individual covariance networks (network 3). Directed propagating patterns of verbal abuse phenomena differed by source (network 1). Severe peer-related verbal abuse affected psychomotor changes and influenced irritability (network 2). Verbal abuse of self-esteem damage and unjust blame served as connectors in the verbal abuse-psychopathology-social interaction; influence of smartphone overuse-related distress was stronger in cases with more severe verbal abuse (network 3). Verbal abuse that damages self-esteem and conveys unjust blame harms mental health and social interaction for college population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2045-2322",
doi="10.1038/s41598-019-42199-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42199-6"
}