RT Article
T1 Is Psychological Distress a Risk Factor or an Outcome of School Violence and Cyberbullying Perpetrated by Adolescents? A Short-Term Longitudinal Panel Study
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 38
IS 15/16
SP 9215
OP 9238
A1 Chen, Ji-Kang
A1 Yang, Boyuan
A1 Wang, Li-chih
A1 Chang, Ching-Wen
A1 Lin, Chung-Ying
A2 Yang, Boyuan
A2 Wang, Li-chih
A2 Chang, Ching-Wen
A2 Lin, Chung-Ying
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1851309128
AB Although the associations between adolescent psychological distress (i.e., depression, anxiety, and somatization), school violence, and cyberbullying have been examined using cross-sectional data, little evidence from longitudinal panel data exists to determine the temporal association. A two-wave longitudinal panel data with a 10-month interval were obtained from a random sample of 487 Chinese junior high school students (grades 7–9) in Tianjin in Mainland China. The cross-lagged panel analysis showed that adolescent psychological distress in the first wave of the survey was significantly associated with subsequent school violence against peers and teachers in the second wave but not in the opposite direction. Student psychological distress in the first wave of the survey was not significantly associated with cyberbullying perpetration in the second wave and vice versa. The findings suggested that adolescent psychological distress was a risk factor rather than the consequence of violence against peers and teachers in school. However, the temporal associations between adolescent psychological distress and cyberbullying perpetration were non-significant. These findings were relevant to both sex groups. The findings may imply that potential interventions and policies to prevent students from committing school violence should consider reducing students’ psychological distress as one of the core elements.
K1 Cyberbullying
K1 School violence
K1 Bullying
K1 somatization
K1 Anxiety
K1 Depression
DO 10.1177/08862605231163249