Victimization and Peer and Parents Attachment: The Mediating Effect of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy

Paula Samper-García, Elisabeth Malonda-Vidal, Anna Llorca-Mestre, Roger Muñoz-Navarro and Vicenta Mestre-Escrivá
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Paula Samper-García: Department of Basic Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Elisabeth Malonda-Vidal: Department of Basic Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Anna Llorca-Mestre: Department of Basic Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Roger Muñoz-Navarro: Departament of Psycology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Vicenta Mestre-Escrivá: Department of Basic Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: Studies of the Spanish adolescent population has concluded that victimization is related to lack of emotional regulation and impulse control. Therefore, if a victim is unable to recognize, understand and regulate their emotions, this can result in rejection by their peers. A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine regulatory emotional self-efficacy as a possible mediator in the association between peer and parents attachment and victimization. Adolescents ( n = 563) completed Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy, Inventory of Parents and Peer Attachment and Kid at School questionnaires. Structural equation models (SEMs) were used to predict a latent variable of victimization with parents and peer attachment, emphasizing the mediating role of regulatory emotional self-efficacy, as comprised by a positive and a negative aspect. Results showed that peer attachment had an indirect negative effect, through perceived self-efficacy, in managing a positive effect in victimization, while father attachment had an indirect negative affect, through perceived self-efficacy, in managing a negative affect in victimization, and Mother attachment had no statistically significant indirect effect in victimization. This study suggests that the roles of parents and peers, and also between mothers and fathers, are different in relation to the perception of victimization of adolescents. Findings provide relevant information regarding implications for prevention and intervention in victimization.

Keywords: victimization; peer; parents; attachment; regulatory emotional self-efficacy; adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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