Abstract:
The literature suggests that there is a significant overlap in definition, measurement, and outcomes between trauma and bullying victimization, but the relative impact on current emotional distress of these events has not been explored. The goal of the current study was to explore whether traditional and cyber bullying victimization has a similar negative impact on current emotional disrtresss as other adverse childhood experiences which may also lead to a traumatic response. In addition, this study examined whether the association between bullying victimization and emotional distress is exacerbated when individuals also experience additional ACEs. Retrospective reports from a diverse sample of 576 adults were collected via an online survey. When ranked against other ACEs such as viewing family mental health problems or substance abuse, or verbal, physical, emotional, and sexual victimization not from peers, nearly 30% of participants ranked bullying victimization as having the most negative impact on their levels of emotional distress. Multi-group path analyses indicated that experiencing additional ACEs seems to exacerbate distress caused by bullying and cyber bullying victimization. The current study suggests that bullying victimization may be just as detrimental as other types of ACEs that occur in childhood.
摘要:
文献表明,在定义上有很大的重叠,测量,以及创伤和欺凌之间的结果,但是这些事件对当前情绪困扰的相对影响尚未被探索。本研究的目的是探讨传统和网络欺凌的受害是否与其他不良的童年经历对当前的情感不适感产生类似的负面影响,这也可能导致创伤性反应。此外,这项研究调查了当个体也经历额外的ACE时,欺凌受害和情绪困扰之间的关联是否会加剧.通过在线调查收集了576名成年人的不同样本的回顾性报告。当与其他ACE进行排名时,例如查看家庭心理健康问题或药物滥用,或口头,物理,情感,性伤害不是来自同龄人,近30%的参与者认为欺凌受害对他们的情绪困扰水平有最大的负面影响。多组路径分析表明,经历额外的ACE似乎加剧了欺凌和网络欺凌受害造成的困扰。目前的研究表明,欺凌受害可能与儿童期发生的其他类型的ACE一样有害。