TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Perceived school bullying and psychotic-like experiences in sexual minority adolescents: the mediating and moderating roles of resilience
JO  - Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
A1  - Wang, Dongfang
A1  - Chen, Xiao-Yan
A1  - Scherffius, Andrew
A1  - Yu, Zhijun
A1  - Wang, Xuan
A1  - Sun, Meng
A1  - Fan, Fang
SP  - e55
EP  - e55
VL  - 18
IS  - 1
N2  - AIMS: This two-wave, longitudinal study aimed to examine the potential moderating and mediating effects of resilience on the association between perceived school bullying and psychotic-like experiences among Chinese sexual minority adolescents. <br><br>METHODS: A total of 4192 senior high students were included and 984 (23.5%) of them were identified as a sexual minority (mean age = 16.68 years, SD = 0.71). Participants completed two online surveys during April 21 to May 12, 2021 and December 17 to 26, 2021, respectively, as well as completed self-report measures of sample characteristics, perceived school bullying, resilience, and psychotic-like experiences (including two dimensions: delusional experiences and hallucinatory experiences). <br><br>RESULTS: Perceived school bullying and resilience were associated with psychotic-like experiences in sexual minority adolescents. Resilience mediated the relationship between perceived school bullying and subsequent psychotic-like experiences (b = 0.03, 95% CI = 0.01 ~ 0.04)/ delusional experiences (b = 0.03, 95% CI = 0.01 ~ 0.04)/ hallucinatory experiences (b = 0.02, 95% CI = 0.01 ~ 0.03). Additionally, resilience only moderated the associations of perceived school bullying with hallucinatory experiences (b = -0.06, 95% CI = -0.12 ~ -0.01). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicated that resilience plays a crucial role in mediating or moderating the relationship between perceived school bullying and psychotic-like experiences. Assessing and reducing school bullying, as well as promoting resilience, may have important clinical implications for reducing the risk of psychotic-like experiences in sexual minority adolescents.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1753-2000
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00747-7
ID  - ref1
ER  -