Bullying Victimization and Depression among Left-Behind Adolescents in Rural China: Roles of Hopelessness and Grit

Autor/inn/en	Gao, Shuling; Chan, Ko Ling; Chen, Shimin; Zhong, Hua
Titel	Bullying Victimization and Depression among Left-Behind Adolescents in Rural China: Roles of Hopelessness and Grit
Quelle	In: School Mental Health, 15 (2023) 3, S.754-764 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gao, Shuling) ORCID (Chan, Ko Ling)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1866-2625
DOI	10.1007/s12310-023-09579-w
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Migrant Workers; Bullying; Victims; Depression (Psychology); Middle School Students; Early Adolescents; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Correlation; China; Childrens Depression Inventory; Hopelessness Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Wanderarbeiter; Mobbing; Victim; Opfer; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Korrelation
Abstract	Left-behind children are children under 18 years old who live in their rural hometowns and are cared for by grandparents or other relatives for more than 6 months when their parents migrate from rural to urban areas for work. Left-behind adolescents are more likely to experience bullying victimization, which may lead to internalizing problem behaviors. Existing research showed that bullying victimization is related to left-behind adolescents' depression, but the mediating and moderating mechanisms that underlie this association are unclear. This study investigated the mediating effect of hopelessness and the moderating role of grit in the association between bullying victimization and left-behind adolescents' depression. A sample of 476 adolescents (mean age = 14.49, SD = 1.04) from two middle schools in a rural area of China anonymously completed the Children's Depression Inventory, the Revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire, the Hopelessness Scale for Children, the Grit-S, and a demographic information questionnaire. After controlling for gender and age, bullying victimization was significantly and positively related to left-behind adolescents' depression. The mediation analysis showed that the positive association between bullying victimization and left-behind adolescents' depression was mediated by hopelessness. Furthermore, the moderation analysis indicated that grit moderated the association between bullying victimization and left-behind adolescents' depression. The current study explains how and to whom bullying victimization is related to left-behind adolescents' depression. This study informs that prevention and intervention of depression among left-behind adolescents would be effective if efforts target bullying victimization, hopelessness, and personal grit. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01