Why Does Classroom‐Level Victimization Moderate the Association Between Victimization and Depressive Symptoms? The 'Healthy Context Paradox' and Two Explanations

Autor: Wenxin Zhang, Sarah T. Malamut, Linqin Ji, Christina Salmivalli, Bin Pan, Tengfei Li
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Child Development, 92, 5, pp. 1836-1854
Child Development, 92, 1836-1854
ISSN: 1467-8624
0009-3920
1836-1854
Popis: Contains fulltext : 241716.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) The present longitudinal study examined how and why classroom-level victimization moderates the prospective association between peer victimization and depressive symptoms with 2,643 third- and fourth-graders (Mage = 10.01 years) in China. Multilevel modeling revealed that peer victimization was more strongly associated with increasing depressive symptoms in classrooms with lower classroom-level victimization. Moreover, two mechanisms were identified to explain the moderating effect of classroom-level victimization. First, low classroom-level victimization reduced victimized children's received friendship nominations from peers, thereby leading to increases in depressive affect. Second, low classroom-level victimization affected victimized children’s depressive symptoms through damage to their social self-concept. These findings provide support for the "healthy context paradox" in the Chinese culture, and highlight the mechanisms of this phenomenon. 19 p.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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