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Hu N, Zhang W, Haidabieke A, Wang J, Zhou N, Ding X, Zheng H. Associations between Unsociability and Peer Problems in Chinese Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis. Behav Sci (Basel) 2024; 14:590. [PMID: 39062413 PMCID: PMC11274350 DOI: 10.3390/bs14070590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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Research has shown that unsociability, reflected as a personal choice, is not necessarily associated with socio-emotional problems in Western countries. However, the associations between unsociability and peer problems are consistently evident in Chinese culture, yet the strength and direction in these associations are mixed. The present study aimed to examine whether unsociability is associated with peer problems and explored the potential moderators among the associations. A meta-analysis was conducted using publications that measured unsociability and peer problems. A total of 21 articles involving 43 effect sizes from 12,696 Chinese children and adolescents were included. The results revealed that (1) unsociability was positively associated with peer problems (r = 0.32, p < 0.001) among children and adolescents. (2) Informants (i.e., self-reports, peer nominations, teacher ratings, and parent ratings) and living areas (i.e., urban, suburban, and rural areas) significantly moderated the associations between unsociability and peer problems. Specifically, the associations were stronger for peer-nominated unsociability, self-reported peer problems, and samples in suburban areas. These findings shed light on unsociability linked to higher levels of peer problems among Chinese children and adolescents. Still, the influences are unique to peer problems and moderated by both data sources and environmental factors.
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- Na Hu
- School of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China; (N.H.); (A.H.); (J.W.)
- Lab for Educational Big Data and Policymaking, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Shanghai 200234, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China; (N.H.); (A.H.); (J.W.)
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- School of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China; (N.H.); (A.H.); (J.W.)
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- College of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China;
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- School of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China; (N.H.); (A.H.); (J.W.)
- Lab for Educational Big Data and Policymaking, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Shanghai 200234, China
- The Research Base of Online Education for Shanghai Middle and Primary Schools, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Shanghai Changning Mental Health Center, Shanghai 200335, China
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Perret LC, Ki M, Commisso M, Chon D, Scardera S, Kim W, Fuhrer R, Gariépy G, Ouellet-Morin I, Geoffroy MC. Perceived friend support buffers against symptoms of depression in peer victimized adolescents: Evidence from a population-based cohort in South Korea. J Affect Disord 2021; 291:24-31. [PMID: 34022552 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.04.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Peer victimization is associated with an increased risk for depression, but there is less evidence on how certain factors such as friend support can buffer this association. This study investigated the associations between friend support and depressive symptoms among victimized and non-victimized adolescent girls and boys from South Korea. METHODS Participants includes 2258 students from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey, a nationally representative sample of middle school students in South Korea. Self-reported perceived friend support, depressive symptoms and peer victimization were measured using validated scales during middle school year 3 (mean age= 15.7 years). RESULTS The association between peer victimization and depressive symptoms varied by sex (p for sex by peer victimization interaction<0.05). Peer victimization was more strongly associated with same year depressive symptoms in girls (β=0.55) than boys (β=0.24). After controlling for key confounders, including prior year mental health symptoms, higher levels of friend support were found to attenuate the association between peer victimization and depressive symptoms (p for friend support by peer victimization interaction <0.05). Peer victimization was associated with more depressive symptoms for adolescents with low and moderate friend support, but not those with high friend support. LIMITATIONS Peer victimization, depressive symptoms, and friend support, were self-reported and measured the same year. CONCLUSIONS Friend support protects victimized South Korean adolescents from the negative effect of peer victimization on depressive symptoms, hence contributes to closing the gap in depression between victimized and non-victimized adolescents.
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- L C Perret
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Division of Cancer Control and Policy, National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Montreal Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- School of Criminology, Université de Montréal & Research Center of the Montreal Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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Relationships between family functioning, parenting and peer victimization in adolescent depression: A cross-sectional study. North Clin Istanb 2021; 8:212-221. [PMID: 34222800 PMCID: PMC8240240 DOI: 10.14744/nci.2020.36744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Major depressive disorder (MDD) in adolescence is a prevalent mental health problem with a complex etiology and a rising incidence. The aim of the study investigated functioning of family, attitudes of parents, and peer victimization in adolescents with MDD and to compare those with healthy adolescents. METHODS The study was designed as a multi-center, cross-sectional, case-control study. 98 adolescents diagnosed with MDD and 99 healthy controls were recruited for the study. Beck depression inventory, parental attitude research instrument (PARI) tool, family assessment device (FAD), and multidimensional peer victimization scale (MPVS) were applied to all participants. Descriptive, correlational, and bivariate group comparisons were used in analyses. RESULTS The average ages of adolescents with MDD and control adolescents were 14.7 (S.D.=1.5) and 15.0 (S.D.=1.6) years, respectively. Females formed 74.5% of youth with MDD (vs. 70.3% of controls). The groups were similar in terms of socio-demographic features (all p>0.05). Adolescents with MDD had significantly elevated scores in FAD subscales except problem solving, PARI rejection of homemaking, marital conflict, and authoritarian subscales, and all MPVS subscales. Adolescents with MDD also displayed significant positive correlations between all MPVS subscales and FAD subscales except FAD problem-solving. CONCLUSION This cross-sectional, multi-center study suggests that family dysfunction and peer victimization may be higher in youth with MDD. Although cross-sectional design precludes evaluation of causality, it may be prudent to evaluate family functions as well as peer victimization of depressed youth.
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Reinhard MA, Dewald-Kaufmann J, Wüstenberg T, Musil R, Barton BB, Jobst A, Padberg F. The vicious circle of social exclusion and psychopathology: a systematic review of experimental ostracism research in psychiatric disorders. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2020; 270:521-532. [PMID: 31586242 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-019-01074-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Social exclusion (ostracism) is a major psychosocial factor contributing to the development and persistence of psychiatric disorders and is also related to their social stigma. However, its specific role in different disorders is not evident, and comprehensive social psychology research on ostracism has rather focused on healthy individuals and less on psychiatric patients. Here, we systematically review experimental studies investigating psychological and physiological reactions to ostracism in different responses of psychiatric disorders. Moreover, we propose a theoretical model of the interplay between psychiatric symptoms and ostracism. A systematic MEDLINE and PsycINFO search was conducted including 52 relevant studies in various disorders (some of which evaluated more than one disorder): borderline personality disorder (21 studies); major depressive disorder (11 studies); anxiety (7 studies); autism spectrum disorder (6 studies); schizophrenia (6 studies); substance use disorders (4 studies); and eating disorders (2 studies). Psychological and physiological effects of ostracism were assessed with various experimental paradigms: e.g., virtual real-time interactions (Cyberball), social feedback and imagined scenarios. We critically review the main results of these studies and propose the overall concept of a vicious cycle where psychiatric symptoms increase the chance of being ostracized, and ostracism consolidates or even aggravates psychopathology. However, the specificity and stability of reactions to ostracism, their neurobiological underpinnings, determinants, and moderators (e.g., attachment style, childhood trauma, and rejection sensitivity) remain elusive.
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- Matthias A Reinhard
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336, Munich, Germany.,Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Infanteriestr. 11a, 80797, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Charité Campus Mitte, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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Khosravi A, Nielsen RO, Mansournia MA. Methods matter: population attributable fraction (PAF) in sport and exercise medicine. Br J Sports Med 2020; 54:1049-1054. [PMID: 32051120 DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-101977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Ahmad Khosravi
- Department of Epidemiology, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.,Ophthalmic Epidemiology Research Center, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, Section for Sports Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran .,Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Pontes NMH, Ayres CG, Lewandowski C, Pontes MCF. Trends in bullying victimization by gender among U.S. high school students. Res Nurs Health 2018; 41:243-251. [DOI: 10.1002/nur.21868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Nancy M. H. Pontes
- School of Nursing; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Camden New Jersey
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- School of Nursing; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Camden New Jersey
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- Department of Law and Justice; Rowan University; Glassboro New Jersey
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- William G. Rohrer College of Business; Rowan University; Glassboro New Jersey
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