Longitudinal relationship of campus bullying and school connectedness with loneliness among senior high school students
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2026294
- VernacularTitle:高中生校园欺凌和学校联结与孤独感的纵向关联
- Author:
PENG Jinyin, ZHANG Fulan, ZHANG Tiancheng, YAN Chuqi, LUO Xiangyu, WANG Aolun
1
Author Information
1. School of Sport Science,Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Violence;
Cooperative behavior;
Loneliness;
Mental health;
Adolescent
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2026;47(10):1461-1465
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To examine the dynamic relationship between campus bullying and loneliness among senior high school students, and the mediating role of school connectedness, in order to provide a basis to enhance adolescent mental health.
Methods:In March 2023 (T1, baseline), a total of 880 first year senior high school students were recruited from 5 urban senior high schools in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, using the random cluster sampling method. The School Bullying Scale, School Connectedness Scale and UCLA Loneliness Scale were administered to assess the levels of school bullying, loneliness and school connectedness at T1 and follow up surveys [September 2023 (T2), March 2024 (T3)]. Mplus 8.3 software was used to construct cross lagged panel models and longitudinal mediation models to analyze the dynamic association between school bullying and loneliness among senior high school students, as well as the mediating effect of school connectedness in the relationship.
Results:The scores of campus bullying among senior high school students at T1-T3 were (8.83±2.60)(8.57±2.42)(8.51±2.63), the scores of school connectedness were (32.51±6.40)(32.94±6.66)(29.22±6.78), and the scores of loneliness were (39.22±9.84)(38.67±9.97)(38.51±10.98). Pearson correlation analysis showed that campus bullying at T1-T3 was negatively correlated with school connectedness at T1-T3( r =-0.37 to -0.13) and was positively correlated with loneliness at T1-T3 ( r =0.19-0.43) among senior high school students, and loneliness at T1-T3 was negatively correlated with school connectedness at T1-T3 ( r =-0.53 to -0.29)(all P <0.01). Campus bullying at T1 positively predicted loneliness at T2 and T3( β =0.06, 0.25), whereas loneliness at T1 and T2 positively predicted respectively campus bullying at T2 and T3 ( β =0.09, 0.11)(all P <0.05). Campus bullying at T1 negatively predicted school connectedness at T2 ( β =-0.26), and school connectedness at T2 negatively predicted loneliness at T3 ( β =-0.14)(both P <0.05). School connectedness at T2 exerted a partial mediating effect between school bullying at T1 and loneliness at T3, and the mediating effect of school connectedness was 0.04 (95% CI =0.01-0.09).
Conclusions:Campus bullying and loneliness among senior high school students show a bidirectional predictive relationship. School connectedness plays a partial mediating role, suggesting that a strong school connectedness could help to mitigate the negative impact of campus bullying on adolescents loneliness.
