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Association Between Sub-types of Sibling Bullying and Mental Health Distress Among Chinese Children and Adolescents
Sibling bullying is a common phenomenon in childhood and adolescence worldwide and has a significant association with mental health distress. However, there have been few studies that have examined the associations between any specific sub-type of sibling bullying and depression as well as anxiety....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7240023/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32477177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00368 |
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author | Liu, Xiaoqun Peng, Chang Yu, Yizhen Yang, Mengsi Qing, Zaihua Qiu, Xiaoyan Yang, Xinhua |
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description | Sibling bullying is a common phenomenon in childhood and adolescence worldwide and has a significant association with mental health distress. However, there have been few studies that have examined the associations between any specific sub-type of sibling bullying and depression as well as anxiety. Besides, the association between sibling bullying and psychological well-being was never explored among the Chinese population. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the associations between the number of sub-types of sibling bullying involvement and depression as well as anxiety among Chinese children and adolescents. Multi-stage stratified cluster sampling was used to recruit 5,926 participants aged 10 to 18 who had at least one sibling living in the household. Different sub-types of sibling bullying involvement were determined by using Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ). The nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) were used to screen clinical ranges of major depression and generalized anxiety disorder, respectively. Of the participants, 1,235 (20.8%) were bullied by siblings, and 1,230 (20.8%) perpetrated bullying behavior against siblings over the past 6 months. After controlling potential confounders, adjusted model of logistic regression analyses indicated that all three sub-types of sibling victimization and perpetration were significantly associated with both depression and anxiety. There were linear associations between the number of sub-types of sibling bullying victimization and depression (adjusted OR = 1.49, 95% CI 1.32 to 1.68) as well as anxiety (adjusted OR = 1.68, 95% CI 1.48 to 1.90). Besides, linear trends were found between the number of sub-types of sibling bullying perpetration and depression (adjusted OR = 1.44, 95% CI 1.26 to 1.64) as well as anxiety (adjusted OR = 1.63, 95% CI 1.42 to 1.87). The findings underline dose–response relationships between the number of sub-types of sibling bullying involvement and mental health distress. Intervention programs should be conducted to focus on developing mental health status of those children and adolescents who are involved in multiple sub-types of sibling victimization or perpetration. |
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spelling | pubmed-72400232020-05-29 Association Between Sub-types of Sibling Bullying and Mental Health Distress Among Chinese Children and Adolescents Liu, Xiaoqun Peng, Chang Yu, Yizhen Yang, Mengsi Qing, Zaihua Qiu, Xiaoyan Yang, Xinhua Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Sibling bullying is a common phenomenon in childhood and adolescence worldwide and has a significant association with mental health distress. However, there have been few studies that have examined the associations between any specific sub-type of sibling bullying and depression as well as anxiety. Besides, the association between sibling bullying and psychological well-being was never explored among the Chinese population. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the associations between the number of sub-types of sibling bullying involvement and depression as well as anxiety among Chinese children and adolescents. Multi-stage stratified cluster sampling was used to recruit 5,926 participants aged 10 to 18 who had at least one sibling living in the household. Different sub-types of sibling bullying involvement were determined by using Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ). The nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) were used to screen clinical ranges of major depression and generalized anxiety disorder, respectively. Of the participants, 1,235 (20.8%) were bullied by siblings, and 1,230 (20.8%) perpetrated bullying behavior against siblings over the past 6 months. After controlling potential confounders, adjusted model of logistic regression analyses indicated that all three sub-types of sibling victimization and perpetration were significantly associated with both depression and anxiety. There were linear associations between the number of sub-types of sibling bullying victimization and depression (adjusted OR = 1.49, 95% CI 1.32 to 1.68) as well as anxiety (adjusted OR = 1.68, 95% CI 1.48 to 1.90). Besides, linear trends were found between the number of sub-types of sibling bullying perpetration and depression (adjusted OR = 1.44, 95% CI 1.26 to 1.64) as well as anxiety (adjusted OR = 1.63, 95% CI 1.42 to 1.87). The findings underline dose–response relationships between the number of sub-types of sibling bullying involvement and mental health distress. Intervention programs should be conducted to focus on developing mental health status of those children and adolescents who are involved in multiple sub-types of sibling victimization or perpetration. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7240023/ /pubmed/32477177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00368 Text en Copyright © 2020 Liu, Peng, Yu, Yang, Qing, Qiu and Yang http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Liu, Xiaoqun Peng, Chang Yu, Yizhen Yang, Mengsi Qing, Zaihua Qiu, Xiaoyan Yang, Xinhua Association Between Sub-types of Sibling Bullying and Mental Health Distress Among Chinese Children and Adolescents |
title | Association Between Sub-types of Sibling Bullying and Mental Health Distress Among Chinese Children and Adolescents |
title_full | Association Between Sub-types of Sibling Bullying and Mental Health Distress Among Chinese Children and Adolescents |
title_fullStr | Association Between Sub-types of Sibling Bullying and Mental Health Distress Among Chinese Children and Adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Association Between Sub-types of Sibling Bullying and Mental Health Distress Among Chinese Children and Adolescents |
title_short | Association Between Sub-types of Sibling Bullying and Mental Health Distress Among Chinese Children and Adolescents |
title_sort | association between sub-types of sibling bullying and mental health distress among chinese children and adolescents |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7240023/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32477177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00368 |
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