Interactive effects of coping strategies and emotion dysregulation on risk for peer victimization

2022 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 101356
Author(s):  
John L. Cooley ◽  
Paula J. Fite ◽  
Lesa Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Interactive Effects

scholarly journals Coping Strategies against Peer Victimization: Differences According to Gender, Grade, Victimization Status and Perceived Classroom Social Climate

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2605
Author(s):  
María-Jesús Cava ◽  
Ester Ayllón ◽  
Inés Tomás
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Classroom Climate ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
School Grades ◽  
Teacher Student

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include “Good Health and Well-being” (SDG3) and “Quality Education” (SDG4). Nevertheless, many students cannot achieve these goals if they suffer peer victimization at their schools, and intervention programs to reduce it are necessary. These programs should consider the possible differences in the coping strategies preferred by students according to some personal (e.g., gender, grade, victimization status) and contextual (e.g., perceived classroom social climate) factors to be more effective. Therefore, the objective of this study was to analyze the possible differences in the coping strategies preferred by students (ask a friend for help, ask a teacher for help, ask parents for help, not ask anyone for help, fighting back, avoid the aggressor and ask the aggressor why) to handle situations of relational, physical and verbal peer victimization according to their gender, school grade, victimization status and perceived classroom social climate. The sample comprised 479 students (52.2% boys, 47.8% girls) aged from 9 to 14 years (M = 11.21, SD = 1.52). The results showed that girls chose the strategies of asking friends or adults for help and asking the aggressor why more than boys, while boys chose the strategies of fighting back and not ask anyone for help more than girls. The coping strategy of asking a teacher for help was preferred more by students of lower school grades and by students with a positive perception of the classroom climate. Victimized students preferred the strategy of not asking anyone for help. These results may be useful for developing more effective intervention programs. These programs should aim to enhance the teacher–student relationship in upper school grades, help victimized students to inform about peer aggression situations and improve perceived classroom social climate.

scholarly journals Childhood sexual abuse and sexual dysfunction in gay and bisexual men: the role of substance use, emotion dysregulation, and coping strategies.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Faaborg-Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Erectile Dysfunction ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Gay And Bisexual Men ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
And Bisexual

Sexual dysfunction has been associated with considerable mental health and interpersonal problems. Gay and bisexual men report a higher rate of sexual dysfunction and childhood sexual abuse (CSA) compared to heterosexual men. The relationship between CSA and adult sexual health problems has been well established; however, the pathways leading from CSA to erectile dysfunction are poorly understood. The role that coping strategies, emotion dysregulation, and substance use play in the association between CSA and erectile dysfunction was examined using a mediational model. Results were not found to be statistically significant, with the exception of a significant relationship between CSA and avoidant coping. Possible explanations for the lack of significant findings are discussed, including problems with the measurement of ED. This study provided support for the disproportionately high rates of CSA among gay men.

Doing Nothing is Sometimes Worse: Comparing Avoidant versus Approach Coping Strategies with Peer Victimization and Their Association to Depression and Suicide Ideation

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 456-469
Author(s):  
Joy Benatov ◽  
Anat Brunstein Klomek ◽  
Barzilay Shira ◽  
Alan Apter ◽  
Vladimir Carli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Approach Coping

Attentional Biases to Bullies and Bystanders and Youth’s Coping With Peer Victimization

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-127
Author(s):  
Leanna McConnell ◽  
Wendy Troop-Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Attentional Biases ◽  
Parent Reports ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Video Clips ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Adult Support

Effectively coping with peer victimization may be facilitated by deploying attention away from threat (i.e., bullies, reinforcers) and toward available support (e.g., defenders). To test this premise, 72 early adolescents (38 girls; Mage = 11.67, SD = 8.14 months) watched video clips of youth actors portraying a bully aggressing against a victim in front of a reinforcer and a defender. Coping was assessed using self-reports, and peer victimization was assessed through peer-, teacher-, and parent-reports. At high levels of peer victimization, attention to the bully was associated with less seeking of adult support and greater retaliation. Contrary to predictions, at high levels of victimization, attention to defenders was associated with an internalizing coping profile for boys and a retaliatory profile for girls. Thus, attentional biases may contribute to poor coping responses among victimized youth, underscoring the need to study how attention to cues is translated into actionable coping strategies.

An interaction between early threat exposure and the oxytocin receptor in females: Disorder-specific versus general risk for psychopathology and social–emotional mediators

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Amy L. Byrd ◽  
Irene Tung ◽  
Stephen D. Manuck ◽  
Vera Vine ◽  
Michelle Horner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Oxytocin Receptor ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
General Psychopathology ◽  
Attachment Quality ◽  
Shared Risk ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

Abstract Early threat exposure is a transdiagnostic risk factor for psychopathology, and evidence suggests that genetic variation in the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) moderates this association. However, it is unclear if this gene-by-environment (G×E) interaction is tied to unique risk for disorder-specific outcomes or instead increases shared risk for general psychopathology. Moreover, little is known about how this G×E interaction increases risk. The current study utilized a prospective, longitudinal sample of females (n = 2,020) to examine: (a) whether the interaction between early threat exposure and OXTR variation (rs53576, rs2254298) confers risk for disorder-specific outcomes (depression, anxiety, borderline and antisocial personality disorders) and/or general psychopathology in early adulthood; and (b) whether social–emotional deficits (emotion dysregulation, callousness, attachment quality) during adolescence constitute mediating mechanisms. Consistent with hypotheses, the interactive effects of early threat exposure and OXTR variation (rs53576) predicted general psychopathology, with threat-exposed women carrying at least one copy of the rs53576 A-allele at greatest risk. This interaction was mediated via emotional dysregulation in adolescence, with threat-exposed A-allele carriers demonstrating greater emotion dysregulation, and greater emotion dysregulation predicting general psychopathology in early adulthood. Findings suggest that this G×E places women at risk for a broad range of psychopathology via effects on emotion dysregulation.

Peer Victimization and Social Anxiety: An Exploration of Coping Strategies as Mediators

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 406-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly M. Lee ◽  
Alison B. Shellman ◽  
Sarah C. Osmer ◽  
Susan X Day ◽  
Allison G. Dempsey
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Peer Victimization

Longitudinal Relations Between Peer Victimization, Emotion Dysregulation, and Internalizing Symptoms Among Early Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah T. Doyle ◽  
Terri N. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Relational Victimization ◽  
Emotional Management ◽  
High Incidence Disabilities

The current study examined longitudinal relations between overt and relational victimization, sadness and anger dysregulation, and depressive and anxiety symptoms across 6 months among an ethnically diverse sample of sixth graders ( N = 485; 48% male; 65% African American). No direct longitudinal relations were found between peer victimization and internalizing symptoms or between internalizing symptoms and peer victimization, and these findings were consistent across gender and disability status. The relation between overt victimization and subsequent increases in relational victimization was stronger for youth with versus without high incidence disabilities. Significant indirect effects were found for overt victimization on both depressive and anxiety symptoms via sadness dysregulation. The strength of the indirect effects did not differ by gender. Findings highlight the merits of school-based violence prevention programs that address emotional management and are embedded within multi-tiered school environment interventions.

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