Effects of Overt and Relational Bullying on Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Mechanisms of Social Capital and Psychological Capital

Wenyan Hu (), Yuhang Cheng and Ruoyu Du
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Wenyan Hu: School of Marxism, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Yuhang Cheng: Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Ruoyu Du: Department of Education, Practice and Society, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-12

Abstract: Based on the social and psychological capital framework, this study aimed to investigate the direct effect of bullying on adolescents’ subjective well-being and to reveal the potential psychosocial mechanisms in this relationship. Through the multi-stage cluster random sampling procedure, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among 728 adolescents from Hebei Province in China. Structural equation modeling was adopted for data analysis. After controlling for sociodemographic variables, the results indicated that only relational bullying had a significant negative effect on adolescents’ subjective well-being. Moreover, social capital and psychological capital mediated the relationship between relational bullying and adolescents’ subjective well-being. This study expands our understanding of the influencing mechanisms from bullying victimization to subjective well-being and also provides practical implications for future social policy development and relevant interventions.

Keywords: school bullying; subjective well-being; social capital; psychological capital; adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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