Relations among Poly-Bullying Victimization, Subjective Well-Being and Resilience in a Sample of Late Adolescents

Abstract

The present study examined the relations among poly-bullying victimization (experiencing multiple forms of peer bullying), resilience and subjective well-being. This study specifically examined late adolescents’ resilience as a moderator of the relation between poly-bullying victimization and subjective well-being. In a region of central Spain, 1430 undergraduate students (64% females, 36% males), aged between 18 and 22 years, completed three self-reported measures, including bullying victimization experiences, self-reported subjective well-being and resilience. A substantial proportion of the participants (16.9%) reported being victims of poly-bullying. The results showed that the poly-bullying victimization group reported the poorest subjective well-being and the lowest resilience levels. The regression analyses revealed that resilience was significantly and positively associated with subjective well-being, and resilience moderated the association between poly-bullying victimization and subjective well-being. However, the relation was very weak and accounted for only an additional 1% of variance in the participants’ subjective well-being. Future research should assess resilience trajectories of youth exposed to multiple forms of bullying victimization in order to better understand the potential protective effect of resilience over negative mental health outcomes.

Adolescent Lifestyle Behaviors, Coping Strategies and Subjective Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Student Survey

“…Consistent with this, it is used as a key outcome in several fields of psychology and mental health [ 33 ]. Even though most studies examining subjective wellbeing have traditionally focused on adult populations, recent years have witnessed an upsurge of interest in the role of subjective wellbeing for adolescent health and development [ 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ]. In particular, during normative adolescence, attaining high levels of subjective wellbeing may reflect a successful and constructive psychosocial adjustment to one of the most rapid phases of human development [ 39 ].…”

Relations among Romantic Myths, Offline Dating Violence Victimization and Cyber Dating Violence Victimization in Adolescents

“…Offline DV victimization in a romantic relationship negatively affects adolescents' well-being and has been related to stress, anxiety, less satisfaction with life, poor academic achievement, low self-esteem, substance abuse, and eating disorders [30,31,33,36,37]. Positive correlations among different forms of offline DV victimization (physical, verbal-emotional, and relational) have been observed [38], and it has also been suggested that being victimized in one social context increases the probability of being victimized in other social contexts, which could increase the possibility of suffering poly-victimization [39][40][41][42][43][44]. However, no study has yet explored if different forms of offline DV victimization, such as physical, verbal-emotional or relational victimization, have varying predictive weights in relation to distinct forms of cyber DV victimization: cyber-control and cyber-aggression.…”

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“…Previous studies have linked CDV victimization with depressive symptoms [9,28], anxiety [28], suicide risk [7], emotional/psychological distress and low self-esteem [15,36]. However, some researchers have suggested that adolescents' perception of some abusive behaviors as normal behaviors in a romantic relationship can minimize these negative outcomes [41,42]. Cyber-control victimization, especially when it is occasional, may not be perceived as CDV victimization by adolescents and could be less related to problems in adolescents' psychosocial adjustment.…”

“…One interesting question to examine is the possible connections between being victimized by both cyberbullying and CDV. Adolescent victims in one interpersonal context are more probable to also be victimized in other interpersonal contexts or through other forms of victimization, and they can suffer situations of poly-victimization [42,43,51,52]. The connection between teen dating violence victimization and peer victimization [39,43,[53][54][55][56][57], and the links between offline and online dating violence victimization [11,22,27,39], have been pointed out.…”