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Influence of bullying victimization on depressive mood with self-compassion and resilience as mediators

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: With the debilitating impacts of bullying victimization, attempts were made to identify protective factors for its impacts, particularly depression. The attempts were particularly essential in Thailand due to its high reports of victimization. Therefore, the present study proposed a path model to examine the mediating roles of self-compassion and resilience in the association between bullying victimization and depression among Thai adolescents. METHODS: Three hundred and seventy-one Thai junior high school students voluntarily participated in the study. They responded to the measures of bullying victimization, depression, self-compassion, and resilience. The data obtained were analyzed using path analyses. RESULTS: =0.09). However, only self-compassion, not resilience, mediated the association between victimization and depression. Rather, resilience mediated the association that self-compassion had with depression. CONCLUSIONS: These findings helped bridge gaps in identifying protective factors for the adverse impacts of bullying victimization and suggested therapeutic interventions that promoted self-compassion in those inflicted.

Source: International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2025-0097

Authors: Anchidtha Bowornkittikun, Kullaya Pisitsungkagarn, Somboon Jarukasemthawee, Chanchira Sirivasuvat

Institution: Chulalongkorn University

Language: English

Topic: Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University