Meta-analysis of the relationship between bullying and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents

Ye, Zixiang; Wu, Dongmei; He, Xiaoyan; Ma, Qin; Peng, Jianyan; Mao, Guoju; Feng, Lanling; Tong, Yuhao

doi:10.1186/s12888-023-04681-4

Cited by 22 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 56 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Consistent with our findings, a cross-sectional study of 2,155 students found that participants who were bullied had higher levels of depression [ 28 ]. Another meta-analysis suggested that children and adolescents who experience bullying were associated with a higher incidence of depression, with an odd ratio of 2.77 [ 62 ]. A study used an SEM to explore the relationship between bullying and depressive symptoms in 4,289 Italian adolescents and found a significant positive association [ 63 ].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Associations of vegetable and fruit intake, physical activity, and school bullying with depressive symptoms in secondary school students: the mediating role of internet addiction

Ji,

Ren,

Chen

et al. 2024

BMC Psychiatry

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background Few studies have simultaneously focused on the associations of vegetable and fruit intake, physical activity, school bullying, and Internet addiction (IA) with depressive symptoms. This study aimed to explore the direct and indirect effects of the above factors on depressive symptoms in adolescents by constructing a structural equation model (SEM). Methods This study was conducted in Qingdao from September to November 2021. A total of 6195 secondary school students aged 10–19 years were included in the analysis. Information on all variables was assessed using a self-administered questionnaire. An SEM was constructed with depressive symptoms as the endogenous latent variable, IA as the mediating variable, and vegetable and fruit intake, physical activity, and school bullying as the exogenous latent variables. The standardized path coefficients (β) were the direct effects between the latent variables, and the indirect effects were obtained by the product of direct effects between relevant latent variables. Results The median value with the interquartile range of depressive symptom scores was 7 (3,12). Vegetable and fruit intake (β=-0.100, P<0.001) and physical activity (β=-0.140, P<0.001) were directly negatively related to depressive symptoms. While school bullying (β=0.138, P<0.001) and IA (β=0.452, P<0.001) were directly positively related to depressive symptoms. IA had the greatest impact on depressive symptoms. Vegetable and fruit intake, physical activity, and school bullying could not only directly affect depressive symptoms, but also indirectly affect depressive symptoms through the mediating effect of IA, the indirect effects and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were -0.028 (-0.051, -0.007), -0.114 (-0.148, -0.089) and 0.095 (0.060, 0.157), respectively. The results of the multi-group analysis showed that the SEM we constructed still fit in boy and girl groups. Conclusions The results indicated that vegetable and fruit intake, physical activity, school bullying, and IA had a significant direct impact on depressive symptoms, among which IA had the greatest impact. In addition, both vegetable and fruit intake, school bullying, and physical activity indirectly affected depressive symptoms through the mediating effect of IA. The impact of IA on depressive symptoms should be given extra attention by schools and parents. This study provides a scientific and effective basis for the prevention and control of adolescent depressive symptoms.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Associations of vegetable and fruit intake, physical activity, and school bullying with depressive symptoms in secondary school students: the mediating role of internet addiction

Ji,

Ren,

Chen

et al. 2024

BMC Psychiatry

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…40 A recent meta-analysis comprising >133,000 adolescents showed that bullying was associated with nearly 3 times the risk of depression compared to those not bullied. 42 Further, overweight/obese individuals experienced significantly higher risk to be bullied. 43 This provides for a 'negative feedback loop' wherein which bullying may lead to subsequent depression and consequent weight-gain which then results in these individuals be further bullied.…”

Section: Comparison With Existing Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Adverse childhood experiences and mental ill-health - obesity comorbidity among British adolescents – A national cohort study

Karamanos,

Khanolkar

2023

Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background Mental ill-health and obesity are increasingly prevalent in childhood with both conditions likely to co-occur. Less is known about associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and mental ill-health and obesity (MH-OB) comorbidity in adolescence. The aim of this study was to examine associations between ACEs and MH-OB comorbidity in adolescents from a national cohort study. Methods Participants; 10,734 adolescents (males = 50.3%) from the Millennium Cohort Study with 6 ACEs (for e.g., parental MH, drug/alcohol misuse, physical punishment) collected prospectively between ages 3-11 years. MH-OB comorbidity (binary indicator) was based on objectively measured BMI (for overweight/obesity) and self-reported depression/anxiety at ages 14 and 17. Associations between: 1.total ACE scores (0, 1, 2 or ≥3) and additionally each individual ACE, and MH-OB, were analysed used logistic regression, separately at 14 and 17 years. Results At age 14, ACE scores were associated with higher odds for MH-OB comorbidity, with a gradient of increasing odds ratios (OR) with increasing ACEs. Individuals with 1 (OR:1.22[95%CI: 1.1-1.6]), 2 (OR:1.7[1.3-2.3]), or ≥3ACEs (OR:2[1.5-2.6]) had increased odds for MH-OB comorbidity compared to those with 0 ACEs. At age 17, associations between ACE scores and MH-OB were attenuated and observed in individuals with ≥3ACEs (OR:1.54, 1.1-2.3). Parental MH (OR:1.5, 1.2-1.9), intimate-partner violence (OR:1.2, 1.1-1.6), physical punishment (OR:1.3, 1.1-1.6), bullying (OR:2, 1.6-2.5) were associated with MH-OB comorbidity age 14. However, only parental MH (OR:1.5, 1.1-2.1) and bullying (OR:1.6, 1.2-2.1) were associated with MH-OB comorbidity at age 17. Conclusion ACEs are associated with increased risk of MH-OB comorbidity in between ages 14 and 17. These findings provide timely opportunity for interventions to reduce risk and are pertinent given that MH and obesity contribute significantly to global burden of disease and track across the lifecourse.

show abstract

“…Youth can be involved in bullying incidents as the bully, victim, or bullyvictim (those who report both perpetration and victimization). Bullies are at increased risk of becoming involved in delinquency, conduct problems, and crime [9,10] and are more likely to exhibit social problems, aggression, and externalizing behaviors [11,12]. Youth who are victims of bullying have been shown to exhibit a number of important social deficits, including low levels of social acceptance, poor friend and peer support, inadequate social skills and social assertiveness, and greater loneliness [13][14][15].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Self-Regulation as a Protective Factor against Bullying during Early Adolescence

Williams,

Griffin,

Botvin

et al. 2024

Youth

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Self-regulation has been shown to play a protective role against youth substance abuse, but less is known about its influence on bullying behavior. In the present study, we examined several forms of bullying (physical, social, cyber, and all forms combined) and roles (bullies, victims, and bully-victims). Students (N = 1977, ages 11 to 13) from 27 middle schools throughout the United States (US) completed an online self-reported assessment of bullying and its hypothesized etiologic determinants. Across the outcomes, analyses revealed that social bullying was most prevalent, followed by physical bullying and cyberbullying. For bullying roles, almost two-thirds of students reported bullying victimization, nearly one-quarter reported bullying perpetration, and one in five students reported both. Of those reporting perpetration, 9 of 10 reported being victimized. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to examine the associations between self-regulation, bystander intervention skills, and bullying. For all forms of bullying combined, self-regulation was protective against bullying perpetration (OR 0.51, 95% CI: 0.42, 0.63) and perpetration/victimization (OR 0.55, 95% CI: 0.44, 0.68), while bystander intervention skills were not protective. Similar patterns emerged for physical, social, and cyberbullying. Collectively, these findings indicate that building self-regulation skills may be a critical component of interventions aimed at preventing bullying among school-aged youth.

show abstract

Meta-analysis of the relationship between bullying and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents

Cited by 22 publications

References 56 publications

Associations of vegetable and fruit intake, physical activity, and school bullying with depressive symptoms in secondary school students: the mediating role of internet addiction

Associations of vegetable and fruit intake, physical activity, and school bullying with depressive symptoms in secondary school students: the mediating role of internet addiction

Adverse childhood experiences and mental ill-health - obesity comorbidity among British adolescents – A national cohort study

Self-Regulation as a Protective Factor against Bullying during Early Adolescence

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About