The relationship between peer victimization, cognitive appraisals, and adjustment: A systematic review

Abstract

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The Role of Perceived Social Support in the Relationship Between Being Bullied and Mental Health Difficulties in Adolescents

“…As adolescents move toward greater independence, this may be reflected in a greater importance placed on other adults in their social network (e.g., teachers) and friends (Bokhorst et al, 2010;Helsen, Vollebergh & Meuus, 2000). Therefore, the different findings reported in these studies may reflect developmental differences in the importance of different forms of perceived support (Pössel et al, 2018;Noret et al, 2018). Despite the inconsistent findings, those studies reporting a buffering role for parent and/or teacher support found it to be protective, where the relationship between experiences of being bullied and mental health difficulties was weaker for those with greater perceived support in these domains.…”

“…In a bullying context, support from friends and peers is the most frequently studied form of domain-specific perceived support. Findings from these studies have also yielded inconsistent findings (Noret et al, 2018). Some studies have demonstrated a protective buffering role in boys but not girls (Cheng et al, 2008;Tanigawa et al, 2011), and some studies have demonstrated this finding in girls but not in boys (Lim et al, 2011).…”

“…Perceived social support is one factor which may buffer the relationship between experiences of being bullied and mental health difficulties, providing adolescents with resources to draw upon for support. A recent systematic review has highlighted gender differences in the buffering effect of perceived social support, alongside differences on the basis of the source of perceived social support, in the relationship between experiences of being bullied and mental health difficulties (Noret, Hunter, & Rasmussen, 2018). Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the extent to which different sources of perceived social support moderate the relationship between experiences of being bullied, cyberbullied, and mental health difficulties.…”

“…However, not all those who have been bullied develop mental health difficulties (Newman, Holden, & Delville, 2005). The transactional model of stress (TMS) (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984) offers a possible theoretical framework for examining individual differences in the relationship between victimization and negative outcomes (Noret et al, 2018;Raskauskas & Huynh, 2015).…”

“…These different forms of domain-specific perceived social support have been examined within a bullying context. In their systematic review of this literature, Noret et al (2018) highlighted that research to date has focused on the moderating (buffering) role of support from particular individuals, specifically parents, teachers, peers/classmates, and close friends.…”