Research on the Relationships between Psychological Problems and School Bullying and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among Rural Primary and Middle School Students in Developing Areas of China

Li, Xuyang; Chen, Feiyu; Lin, Yixiang; Jia, Zhihui; Tucker, Winter; He, Jiangyan; Cui, Lanyue; Yuan, Zhaokang

doi:10.3390/ijerph17103371

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“…There has been a link between the level of psychological distress and the NSSI behaviors (24)(25)(26). According to the emotional cascade model (27), NSSI would be served as a distraction strategy to rapidly reduce an individual's intensive negative feelings, leading to a sense of relief and even increasing their positive feelings.…”

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The Psychosocial Correlates of Non-suicidal Self-Injury Within a Sample of Adolescents With Mood Disorder

Meng¹,

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundAccording to the integrated theoretical model, adolescents' behaviors were the outcome of the complex interplay between multiple levels. Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a serious and high prevalent problem among adolescents with mood disorders. However, a systematic perspective on psychosocial correlates among Chinese clinical adolescents is still rare.MethodThe impact of several factors at the individual (i.e., sex, age, self-esteem, and psychological distress), family (i.e., family structure, family income, and family support), and social level (i.e., living environment, peer support, and teacher support) on the frequency of NSSI behaviors were investigated in the current study. This research included 621 Chinese adolescents with mood disorders from 20 hospitals.ResultsThree-steps hierarchical regression analyses indicated that lower levels of psychological distress and higher levels of self-esteem were most associated with less frequency of NSSI behaviors. In addition, family support was negatively associated with the frequency of NSSI behaviors. After controlling the factors at individual and family levels, no significant association was found between the factors at the social level and the frequency of NSSI behaviors.ConclusionThese findings provide preliminary support for the notion that adolescent self-esteem and family support may effectively shield them from problematic behavior; nevertheless, adolescents suffering from more emotional pain can be even riskier. Thus, further intervention strategies should consider the non-independence of individual capacities, co-combinatory effects of mood disorder, and family environment in treating those vulnerable Chinese adolescents.

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The Psychosocial Correlates of Non-suicidal Self-Injury Within a Sample of Adolescents With Mood Disorder

Meng¹,

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Front. Public Health

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“…Regarding indirect effect models of NSSI or SA, only painful feelings can indirectly affect the relationship between campus stressors and NSSI, while painful feelings and pain avoidance can indirectly affect the relationship between campus stressors and SA, which is aligned with our hypothesis. Recent studies also demonstrated the link between stressful events and NSSI in adolescence (Kaess et al, 2020; Li et al, 2020). Considering that the function of NSSI is to relieve negative emotion (Chapman et al, 2006), our results provided support for the emotional regulation theory for NSSI.…”

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Patterns of psychological pain and self‐harm behaviors in adolescents

Sun

Song

et al. 2022

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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“…However, school bullying was still prevalent among Chinese students. A study showed that 33.36% of primary and secondary school students suffered school bullying in 29 counties in China in 2016 [ 6 ]. In 2019, researchers studying the prevalence of school bullying, its causes, and severity found that 66% of students in Mainland China reported bullying incidents [ 7 ].…”

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Psychological Resilience May Be Related to Students’ Responses to Victims of School Bullying: A Cross-Sectional Study of Chinese Grade 3–5 Primary School Students

Fei

et al. 2022

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Background: School bullying is a major public health problem with a large impact on children’s health. There is an increasing number of cases of school bullying reported in China. Studies have shown that the health consequences of different ways of responding to school bullying may be quite different and that psychological resilience is also closely related to aggressive behaviors. However, there has been little research on whether individuals with different psychological resilience levels respond differently. Objective: To explore the relationship between responses to school bullying and psychological resilience, which may provide new ideas and strategies to better prevent and intervene in school bullying. Methods: A random sample of 5425 primary school students aged 7–14 years were recruited in Luzhou, China. All students completed a questionnaire anonymously. The statistical significance of differences between groups was tested using the χ2 test or t test. Binary logistic regression was conducted to explore the relationship between responses and psychological resilience. Results: Over two-thirds of primary school students in this study reported experiencing bullying in the past year. The rate of positive responses among victims was 69.10% (2596/3757, 95% CI: 67.62~70.58%). There was a positive relationship between psychological resilience and positive responses. This relationship was observed for all victims (OR = 1.605, 95% CI: 1.254~2.055), especially male victims (OR = 2.300, 95% CI: 1.624~3.259). Conclusions: There was a positive relationship between primary school bullying responses and psychological resilience among victims, with differences by sex. Therefore, increasing students’ level of psychological resilience, possibly by improving their responses, is important for preventing school bullying. Meanwhile, effective interventions for school bullying should be developed from multiple perspectives, particularly sex, bullying roles, and psychological resilience.

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Research on the Relationships between Psychological Problems and School Bullying and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among Rural Primary and Middle School Students in Developing Areas of China

Cited by 21 publications

References 43 publications

The Psychosocial Correlates of Non-suicidal Self-Injury Within a Sample of Adolescents With Mood Disorder

The Psychosocial Correlates of Non-suicidal Self-Injury Within a Sample of Adolescents With Mood Disorder

Patterns of psychological pain and self‐harm behaviors in adolescents

Psychological Resilience May Be Related to Students’ Responses to Victims of School Bullying: A Cross-Sectional Study of Chinese Grade 3–5 Primary School Students

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