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ArticleBMC psychiatry2023

Online and school bullying roles: are bully-victims more vulnerable in nonsuicidal self-injury and in psychological symptoms than bullies and victims?

Boglárka Drubina, Gyöngyi Kökönyei, Dóra Várnai, Melinda Reinhardt

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Boglárka DrubinaDoctoral School of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. drubina.boglarka@ppk.elte.hu.ORCID 0000-0002-3930-4293
Gyöngyi KökönyeiInstitute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-6750-2644
Dóra VárnaiInstitute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Melinda ReinhardtInstitute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-7010-5623
Eötvös Loránd University · HUSemmelweis University · HU

Funding

Hungarian Brain Research Program 2017-1.2.1-NKP-2017-00002Hungarian Brain Research Program 3.0 NAP2022-I-4/2022Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal FK128614Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal FK 138604
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBullying leads to adverse mental health outcomes and it has also been linked to nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in community adolescents. It is not clear whether different roles of bullying (bully, victim, bully-victim) are associated with NSSI, furthermore the same associations in cyberbullying are even less investigated.

methodsThe aim of the current study was to test whether students involved in school or online bullying differed from their not involved peers and from each other in psychological symptoms (externalizing and internalizing problems) and in NSSI severity (number of episodes, number of methods). Furthermore, mediation models were tested to explore the possible role of externalizing and internalizing problems in the association of school and online bullying roles with NSSI. In our study, 1011 high school students (66.07% girls; n = 668), aged between 14 and 20 years (M

resultsLifetime prevalence of at least one episode of NSSI was 41.05% (n = 415). Students involved in bullying used more methods of NSSI than not involved adolescents. In general, victim status was associated mostly with internalizing symptoms, while bully role was more strongly associated with externalizing problems. Bully-victims status was associated with both types of psychological problems, but this group did not show a significantly elevated NSSI severity compared to other bullying roles. Externalizing and internalizing problems mediated the relationship between bullying roles and NSSI with different paths at different roles, especially in case of current NSSI that happened in the previous month.

conclusionsResults highlight that students involved in bullying are more vulnerable to NSSI and to psychological symptoms compared to their peers who are not involved in bullying. It is suggested that bullying roles, especially bully-victim status, need to be identified in school and online settings and thus special attention should be addressed to them to reduce psychological symptoms and NSSI, for example by enhancing adaptive coping skills.

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BullyingCrime VictimsSelf-Injurious BehaviorAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMalePeer GroupSchoolsYoung AdultAdolescentsExternalizing problemsInternalizing problemsNonsuicidal self-injuryOnline bullying rolesSchool bullying roles

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