研究人员一直致力于确定可能减轻与网络欺凌受害相关的负面影响的因素。受到相当关注的一个重要因素是父母和朋友的社会支持及其降低网络欺凌受害风险和相关负面心理健康问题的潜力。然而,父母和朋友的感知社会支持对网络欺凌受害之间纵向关系的缓冲作用,抑郁症,主观健康投诉,对自我伤害的探索较少,特别是在跨文化背景下。为了解决这个差距,本研究检查了父母和朋友的感知社会支持在缓解抑郁中的作用,主观健康投诉,和自我伤害,一年后测量,与463名中国人(49%女性)和445名美国人(52%女性)八年级学生(13-15岁)中的网络欺凌受害有关。他们完成了关于网络欺凌受害的自我报告问卷,父母和朋友的社会支持,和心理健康(即,抑郁症,主观健康投诉,自我伤害)。一年后,他们完成了同样的心理健康问卷。调查结果显示,父母的感知支持报告没有差异,但与中国青少年相比,来自美国青少年的朋友社会支持的报道更多。来自父母的高水平的感知社会支持与网络欺凌受害之间的更强的负面关系相关,抑郁症,主观健康投诉,以及对中国和美国青少年的自我伤害,这些影响对中国青少年来说更加明显,而美国青少年和朋友的社会支持则相反。这些结果将在文化价值观以及这些价值观如何塑造成年人在青少年生活中的作用的背景下进行讨论。
Researchers have focused on identifying factors that may mitigate the negative consequences associated with cyberbullying victimization. A significant factor that has received considerable attention is perceived social support from parents and
friends and its potential to reduce the risk of cyberbullying victimization and the associated negative mental health issues. However, the buffering effects of perceived social support from parents and
friends on the longitudinal relationships among cyberbullying victimization, depression, subjective health complaints, and self-harm have been less explored, particularly in cross-cultural contexts. To address this gap, the present study examined the role of perceived social support from parents and
friends in buffering against depression, subjective health complaints, and self-harm, measured one year later, associated with cyberbullying victimization among 463 Chinese (49% female) and 445 American (52% female) eighth graders (ages 13-15). They completed self-report questionnaires on cyberbullying victimization, perceived social support from parents and
friends, and mental health (i.e., depression, subjective health complaints, self-harm). One year later, they completed the same mental health questionnaires. The findings revealed no differences in reports of perceived support from parents, but greater reports of social support from
friends for American adolescents when compared to Chinese adolescents. High levels of perceived social support from parents were associated with a stronger negative relationship between cyberbullying victimization, depression, subjective health complaints, and self-harm for both Chinese and American adolescents, with these effects being more pronounced for Chinese adolescents, while opposite patterns were found for American adolescents and perceived social support from friends. These results are discussed in the context of cultural values and how these values shape the role of adults in adolescents\' lives.