The present study examined the relationships between bullying, trauma‐related guilt, trauma‐related shame, and prosocial behaviors. We investigated 1,322 college students using a longitudinal approach to explore the internal mechanism between bullying, prosocial behaviors, and the probable mediating effects of trauma‐related guilt and shame. The results suggested that bullying negatively predicted prosocial behaviors and that trauma‐related guilt played a positive mediating role. In contrast, trauma‐related shame played a negative mediating role in the relationship between bullying and prosocial behaviors. These findings indicated that trauma‐related guilt and shame played adaptive and maladaptive roles after bullying victimization, which also provided a theoretical basis for the relevant intervention.

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