International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology, 2023, 5(12); doi: 10.25236/IJFS.2023.051210.
Jinhuan Ma, Yanwen Xiong, Yaoting Zhang
School of Education Science, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, Henan, 464000, China
To explore the chain mediating effect of peer relationship and self-disgust between childhood abuse and school bullying, a total of 587 adolescents were investigated with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Self-disgust Scale, peer Relationship Scale for Children and Adolescents, and Olweus Bullying Questionnaire.The results showed that childhood abuse, self-loathing, peer relationship and bullying were significantly correlated with each other. The direct effect of childhood abuse on school bullying was significant. Peer relationship and self-loathe peer relationship had significant mediating and chain mediating effects between childhood abuse and school bullying.
Childhood abuse; School bullying; Self-loathing; Peer relationship
Jinhuan Ma, Yanwen Xiong, Yaoting Zhang. The impact of childhood abuse on adolescent school bullying: the chain-mediated effects of self-loathing and peer relationships. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 12: 59-63. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2023.051210.
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