Child maltreatment predicts bullying/victimization through personality solidification: A weekly diary study

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107051

Ziruo Zhang , Shuangqiang Liu , Xiaojun Li , Yanhui Xiang

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Abstract

Background

Bullying among adolescents is a significant public health concern worldwide. While child maltreatment (CM) is a known risk factor, few studies explore whether abused adolescents become bullies or victims and how CM affects day-to-day bullying/victimization. Existing research often uses cross-sectional and longitudinal designs with long intervals, failing to capture the dynamic nature of adolescence and bullying behaviors.

Objective

Based on personality solidification theory, the study used a weekly diary method to examine the relationship between adolescents' CM and weekly bullying/victimization, as well as the mediating mechanisms of the Big Five personality traits.

Participants and setting

452 students (167 girls, M_age = 12.90, SD_age = 0.48) from a junior high school in southern China participated in a 7-week diary study.

Methods

After participants finished all questionnaires, multilevel models were constructed to analyze weekly diary data.

Results

The findings indicated that CM positively predicted adolescents' weekly bullying/victimization, both directly and indirectly, through personality traits. Specifically, CM predicted weekly bullying through openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism, while it also forecasted weekly victimization through neuroticism.

Conclusions

CM had long-term adverse effects on adolescents' day-to-day bullying and victimization through the solidification of personality, which may provide significant theoretical and empirical foundations for the prevention of bullying in schools.

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儿童虐待通过人格固化预测欺凌/伤害行为：每周日记研究

背景青少年之间的欺凌是全球关注的一个重大公共卫生问题。虽然儿童虐待（CM）是一个已知的风险因素，但很少有研究探讨受虐待的青少年是成为欺凌者还是受害者，以及儿童虐待如何影响日常的欺凌/受害行为。本研究基于人格固化理论，采用每周日记的方法，探讨青少年的虐待行为与每周欺凌/受害行为之间的关系，以及大五人格特质的中介机制。方法被试完成所有问卷后，建立多层次模型分析每周日记数据。结果研究结果表明，CM可直接或间接地通过人格特质正向预测青少年每周的欺凌/受害行为。结论CM通过固化人格对青少年的日常欺凌和受害行为有长期的不利影响，这可能为预防校园欺凌提供重要的理论和实证基础。

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Child Abuse & Neglect Multiple-

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397

期刊介绍： Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.