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A Reivew of Psychosocial Mediators of Bullying Victimization and Eating Disorders in Adolescents

  • HE Sijia ,
  • ZHAO Xianzi
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  • School of Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China

Online published: 2024-11-22

Abstract

Bullying victimization is closely related to eating disorders in adolescents. This paper reviews the psychosocial mediating factors between bullying victimization and eating disorders in adolescents, aiming to provide references for intervention strategies for bullying victims and promote the mental health development of adolescents. The results show that cognitive factors such as body dissatisfaction, stress perception, and self-objectification, as well as emotional factors such as anxiety, depression, shame, self-compassion, and self-criticism, play a mediating role in the relationship between bullying victimization and eating disorders in adolescents. At the same time, there are also combined effects between these two categories of factors: for example, the chain mediating effect of self-compassion and self-objectification, the chain mediating effect of body image shame and self-criticism, and the combined mediating effect of body dissatisfaction and depression.

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HE Sijia , ZHAO Xianzi . A Reivew of Psychosocial Mediators of Bullying Victimization and Eating Disorders in Adolescents[J]. Psychological Communications, 2024 , 7(2) : 132 -137 . DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.224017

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