Bully victimisation and psychosocial health in adolescents: Gender differences in depression, anxiety, social problems, and perceived wellness

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-34
Author(s):  
Adrian J Schembri ◽  
John E Reece ◽  
Emma Wade
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
School Students ◽  
Perceived Wellness ◽  
Being Bullied ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe present study aimed to investigate the relationships among bully victimisation and psychosocial health in terms of depression, anxiety, social problems, and perceived wellness. The study also endeavoured to evaluate the gender differences associated with each of these psychosociol variables across varying levels of victimisation. The sample consisted of 180 female and 198 male secondary school students, who each completed a questionnaire package containing scales measuring bully victimisation and psychosocial health. Results indicated that repeated victimisation was associated with heightened levels of depression and anxiety, a greater incidence of social problems, and poorer perceptions of wellbeing. However, being bullied had a greater impact on the perceived wellness of males when compared with females. The results also revealed that social problems may mediate the relationship between depression, perceived wellness, and level of victimisation. It was concluded that bully victimisation is associated with poorer psychosacial health in both male and female adolescents. However, future research should evaluate other potential mediating or moderating relationships between bully victimisation and psychosocial health.

scholarly journals Relationship between Social Skills and Happiness: Differences by Gender

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 7929
Author(s):  
Carlos Salavera ◽  
Pablo Usán
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Subjective Happiness ◽  
School Students ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Subjective Happiness Scale ◽  
Social Settings ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the relationship between social skills and happiness in 1st-year Teaching School students, as well as possible gender differences. The sample comprised 243 Teaching School students (Primary Education) in Zaragoza, including 110 men (45.27%) and 133 women (54.73%), aged 18–25 (average age 20.23 years; s.d. = 1.586). In order to analyse the relationship between social skills and subjective happiness, the Scale of Social Skills and Subjective Happiness Scale were used. While men scored higher in all social skills-related factors, women scored higher in all factors related to happiness. The study shows that factors such as self-expression in social settings and the ability to say no and cut off social interactions have a direct and significant effect on happiness among men, while self-expression in social settings and the ability to express anger led to a higher perception of happiness among women. Similarly, situations such as asking for and defending rights have an indirect and significant effect in men, reducing their levels of happiness. In the case of women, no social skills factors were found that led to lower happiness. It may be concluded that significant gender differences exist, although broader and lateral studies are needed in order to examine the relationship between gender identities, social skills and subjective happiness more in depth, and thus, understand the effect of these constructs in the development of personality.

Scared or Attached? Unraveling Important Links in Strain–Crime Relationships Among School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 1175-1201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Kuptsevych-Timmer ◽  
Olena Antonaccio ◽  
Ekaterina V. Botchkovar ◽  
William R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Adolescent Delinquency ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
School Students ◽  
Decomposition Procedure ◽  
Theory Of Crime ◽  
General Strain ◽  
The Relationship

Drawing on general strain theory of crime, the study employs the survey data from a random sample of 600 school students in Lviv, Ukraine, to examine how sanction risks and social bonds mediate and moderate the relationship between strain and adolescent delinquency. Findings from negative binomial regressions and the KHB decomposition procedure demonstrate that fear of sanctions and levels of social control mediate the relationships between strain and delinquency to a different degree, depending on the type of strain experienced. Results concerning conditioning effects are mixed, with only parental monitoring found to be a moderator of the strain–delinquency link. However, the direction of the interaction effect is unexpected. Future research needs to improve the specification of strain models and evaluate them in other sociocultural contexts.

Does Family Process Mediate the Effect of Religiosity On Adolescent Deviance?

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloyd E. Pickering ◽  
Alexander T. Vazsonyi
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Family Process ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Relational Practice ◽  
The Relationship

A considerable amount of research has been conducted on the nature of the relationship between both religiosity and family process with deviance. There are few studies, however, that investigate the interplay among religiosity, family process, and deviance. The current study sought to examine whether family process mediates the relationship between religiosity (conceptualized as ritualistic participation and relational practice) and deviance. High school students ( N = 865) responded to survey questions dealing with religiosity (two scales), family process (six scales for both mothers and fathers), and deviance (seven subscales and a total deviance scale). A structural equation modeling (SEM) analytic approach was used. Results indicated that family process did not mediate the relationship between religiosity and deviance. Relational practice was found to be a more robust predictor of deviant behavior than ritualistic participation. Future research in this area should seek to improve methods of data collection (e.g., multimethod) and to develop better scalar measures of religiosity.

scholarly journals Identity crisis and its relationship to depression in adolescents

Twejer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 629-691
Author(s):  
Jwan Nwri Raswl ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
High School ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The research aims to know the level of depression and identity crisis among high school students of Koisnjaq city and to know the relationship between them as well as to clarify the impact of gender differences on them. To achieve this, a hundred students participated randomly. To collect data, the research adopted the two measures of identity and depression crisis. The validity and reliability of both scales were at a satisfactory level. After collecting and analyzing the information using the statistical package for social sciences (spss), the results showed that the level of depression on its edge as a clinical disease, and that the participants suffer from a certain level of identity crisis, and the results did not show any statistically significant relationship between the level of depression and the identity crisis. Finally, gender differences did not appear to be statistically significant for both depression and identity crisis.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Attitude Toward Science and Academic Achievement in Science: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peipei Mao ◽  
Zhihui Cai ◽  
Jinbo He ◽  
Xinjie Chen ◽  
Xitao Fan
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Science Achievement ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Societal Relevance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Attitude Toward Science

Science education is attracting increasing attention and many researchers focus on the issue about the attitude-achievement relationship in science, but there is still no consistent conclusion. By using a three-level meta-analytic approach, the aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between attitude toward science and academic achievement in learning science among primary and secondary school students, and to explore if some study characteristics could have contributed to the inconsistent findings with regard to this relationship as observed in the research literature. A total of 37 studies with 132 effect sizes involving a total of 1,042,537 participants were identified. The meta-analytic results revealed that there was an overall positive and moderate relationship between attitude toward science and learning achievement in science (r = 0.248, p < 0.001). The results further found that this association was moderated by the type of attitude and larger effect sizes were shown in self-efficacy than in interest, societal relevance of attitude toward science, and mixed attitude. Moreover, the effect sizes of studies with unstandardized measure to assess science achievement were larger than those with standardized measure. Possible explanations for these findings and its implications for future research directions were also discussed in this review.

scholarly journals Internet addiction test: Croatian preliminary study

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iva Černja ◽  
Lucija Vejmelka ◽  
Miroslav Rajter
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
School Students ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Addiction Risk

Abstract Background Everyday internet usage is particularly significant in the population of adolescents and young people. Besides numerous benefits, internet usage brings certain risks of addictive behavior. Internet Addiction Test (IAT) is the most spread scale for measuring internet addiction. The aim of this study was to investigate internet addiction on a sample of Croatian adolescents. Methods Overall, 352 students aged between 15 and 20 from randomly selected high schools participated in the study. We have collected the data on the Internet Addiction Test along with basic demographic information. The main analyses included the factorization of IAT test and the measurement of prevalence of internet addiction with the analysis of the gender differences. Results The results showed that 3.4% of high school students reported high levels of internet addiction, while 35.4% of respondents reported some signs of addiction. Three-factor structure of IAT was obtained with dimensions: Emotional and cognitive internet preoccupation, then Neglecting work and lack of self-control and the last one is Social problems. Although the first factor has the most significant role in internet addiction risk, gender differences were found only in the last two factors, where boys have higher scores on Social Problems, while girls have higher scores on Neglecting work and lack of self-control. Conclusions Based on our results, the prevention activities should be focused on the area of ​​emotional and social competence and the responsible use of internet. Since the result show that a third of the sample show moderate signs of addiction, programs of both indicated and selective prevention should be systematically planned for the general population of adolescents as well as for the groups in risk. The obtained gender differences indicate that the preventive and treatment programs should take into account gender specifics.

Bullying and Delinquency: The Impact of Anger and Frustration

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charern Lee ◽  
Justin W. Patchin ◽  
Sameer Hinduja ◽  
Alexandra Dischinger
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Delinquent Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Sample ◽  
School Students ◽  
Being Bullied ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Research And Policy

Few studies have explored whether individuals who are bullied at school or online are more likely to engage in delinquent behavior. Even less is known about whether negative emotions (i.e., anger or frustration)—as a result of being victimized—mediate the relationships between being bullied or cyberbullied and delinquency (as predicted by Agnew's general strain theory). The current study uses data from a national sample of 2,670 middle and high school students in the United States. Results indicate that youth who were bullied or cyberbullied, and who experience negative emotions as a result, are more likely to engage in delinquency. Negative emotions did not mediate the relationship between bullying and delinquency; however, they did partly mediate the relationship between cyberbullying and delinquency. The findings indicate that being bullied matters more in explaining delinquent behavior than the negative emotions that may result. Implications for research and policy are discussed in light of these findings.

The relationship between childhood traumas and depression and anxiety in high school students in Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S440-S440
Author(s):  
G. Sezer ◽  
G. Hızlı Sayar ◽  
H. Gulmez
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
School Students ◽  
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Childhood Traumas ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between childhood traumas and depression and anxiety levels of high school students in Sakarya. The sample of the present study consisted of 145 students 79 are girls and 66 are boys are chosen from five different school. To measure depression levels of students “Beck Depression Inventory” is used. To measure anxiety levels “Beck Anxiety Inventory” is used. To collect data about childhood traumas “Childhood Trauma Questionnaire” is used. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16.00. In result of this study, 86 people had symptoms of depression. And also there is a relationship between depression symptoms and anxiety symptoms. However, there is no relationship between childhood traumas and anxiety symptoms and depression symptoms.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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