ArticleBMC public health2025
Peer bullying victimization, psychological distress, and the protective role of school connectedness among adolescents.
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- The Impact of Bullying Victimization on School Adjustment: A Moderated Mediation Model.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Transitions in Depressive Symptom Profiles Among Adolescents with Persistent Bullying Victimization: A Latent Transition Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Interparental Conflict and Adolescent Peer Bullying Victimization: A Longitudinal Moderated Mediation Model of Depressive Symptoms and Teacher-Student Relationships.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Ecological Factors Associated With Psychological Distress Among Adolescents: The Role of Educational Stress, Peer Victimization, and Physical Activity.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Causal modeling of school aversion in psychiatrically referred adolescents: a DoWhy-based analysis.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Explainable machine learning unveils the key role of cooperation ability in school bullying and its gender-differentiated impact on cooperative atmosphere.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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purposeThe current study examined the association between prior-, recent-, and long-term peer bullying with psychological distress (i.e., depression, anxiety) and the protective role of school connectedness and extracurricular involvement among youth in the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS).
methodsData from the FFCWS were analyzed. Bullying victimization was self-reported at ages 9 and 15 via the Peer Bullying Scale. Prior bullying was defined as bullying at age 9 only, recent bullying as bullying at age 15 only, and long-term bullying as bullying experiences in both years. Depression and anxiety were measured at age 15 using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and the Brief Symptom Inventory, respectively. School connectedness and extracurricular involvement were queried and self-reported at age 15. Multivariable linear regression was used to measure associations between key study variables.
resultsTwo thousand one hundred seventy-five adolescents (aged 15.5 ± 0.68 years; 50% non-Hispanic Black; 49% female) were included in the sample. Among the sample participants, 39.4% of adolescents had no experience with bullying, 43.0% had prior bullying, 5.7% with recent bullying, and 11.9% with long-term bullying. Prior (β: 0.60, p < 0.01), recent (β:1.83, p < 0.01), and long-term (β: 2.65, p < 0.01) bullying were each associated with higher anxiety scores; school connectedness and extracurricular involvement were not significant moderators (ps > 0.05). Recent (β:1.89, p < 0.01), and long-term (β: 2.14, p < 0.01) peer bullying was associated with higher depression scores, with school connectedness moderating the association between recent bullying and depression (p
conclusionIncreasing a sense of belonging among students (i.e., school connectedness) may help buffer the adverse effects of bullying on depression among adolescents.
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