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The Effect of Bullying Victimization on Adolescent Depression: The Chain-mediated Effects of Rumination and Sleep Quality

  • TANG Jinhui ,
  • ZHAO Xianzi
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  • School of Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
*ZHAO Xianzi, zhaoxianzi@hebtu.edu.cn

Online published: 2024-06-20

Abstract

Objective: To examine the effects of bullying victimization on adolescent depression and the mechanisms by which ruminative thinking and sleep quality play a role.
Methods: A convenience sampling method was employed. The Delaware Bullying Victimization Scale-Students (DBVS-S), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), Ruminative Responses Scale-Chinese version (RRS-CV), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used to survey 1 105 students across three junior high schools in Hebei Province and Shandong Province, and correlation analyses as well as mediation effect tests were conducted on the data.
Results: (1) The four variables including bullying victimization, rumination, sleep quality, and depression were all significantly positively correlated with each other (p<0.001). (2) The mediation effect test showed that all three paths were valid, with a separate mediation effect value of 0.251 for rumination; a separate mediation effect value of 0.056 for sleep quality; and a chained mediation effect value of 0.088 for rumination→sleep quality. The mediation effects of the three paths accounted for 41.55%, 9.28%, and 14.56% of the total effect, respectively.
Conclusion: Bullying victimization can not only directly affect adolescent depression, but also indirectly affect adolescent depression through the chain-mediated effect of rumination and sleep quality.

Cite this article

TANG Jinhui , ZHAO Xianzi . The Effect of Bullying Victimization on Adolescent Depression: The Chain-mediated Effects of Rumination and Sleep Quality[J]. Psychological Communications, 2023 , 6(4) : 190 -197 . DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.223030

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