Network analysis of maltreatment experiences and peer relationships with school bullying among middle school students
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025344
- VernacularTitle:中学生虐待经历和同伴关系与校园欺凌的网络分析
- Author:
XIE Linlin, TANG Yaqing, TAN Ziyue, LI Xiujuan, LI Liping
1
Author Information
1. School of Public Health, Shantou University, Shantou 515041, Guangdong Province, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Torture;
Interpersonal relations;
Violence;
Mental health;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2025;46(11):1635-1639
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To apply network analysis for exploring the relationship of maltreatment experiences and peer relationships with school bullying among middle school students, so as to provide empirical evidences for the development of targeted intervention programs.
Methods:From March to April 2024, a total of 2 119 middle school students aged 12-18 in Shantou City were selected through stratified cluster random sampling. Self administered questionnaire was used to collect data on bullying experiences, maltreatment, and peer relationships. The Glasso network model was employed to estimate network structure.
Results:The strongest edge in the network of maltreatment experiences, peer relationships and school bullying was the connecting line connecting peer acceptance and peer terrorized low self esteem (edge weight=0.59) among middle school students. The network faked fraudulent victimization was the most central node in the whole network (strength=7.98). The bridge symptoms of the network were sexual abuse, property bullying of others, relational bullying victimization, and verbal bullying of others, with the strongest bridge node being sexual abuse (bridge strength=1.07). In the accuracy estimation of centrality indices, closeness centrality demonstrated the highest accuracy, followed by strength and betweenness, with coefficient of stability of 0.60, 0.44 and 0.21, respectively. The stability of the network was good.
Conclusion:Peer acceptance has the strongest correlation with peer fear and inferiority, and is closely related to emotional abuse and emotional neglect.
