The Relationship between Cyber-Ostracism and Adolescents’ Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: Mediating Roles of Depression and Experiential Avoidance

Huimin Ding, Liyue Zhu, Hua Wei, Jingyu Geng, Feng Huang and Li Lei ()
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Huimin Ding: School of Education, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
Liyue Zhu: Zhengzhou Shuqing Medical College, Zhengzhou 450064, China
Hua Wei: Normal College, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
Jingyu Geng: Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 450064, China
Feng Huang: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Li Lei: School of Education, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-11

Abstract: Based on the experiential avoidance model, the current study aims to test the relationship between cyber-ostracism and adolescents’ non-suicidal self-injury and to explore the mediating roles of depression and experiential avoidance. A sample of 1062 middle school students completed questionnaires on cyber-ostracism, depression, experiential avoidance, and self-injurious behavior. The results showed that cyber-ostracism, depression, experiential avoidance, and non-suicidal self-injury were positively correlated with each other. After controlling for gender and age, the mediation model test shows that cyber-ostracism was significantly and positively associated with non-suicidal self-injury. Depression and experiential avoidance mediated the relationship between cyber-ostracism and non-suicidal self-injury parallelly and sequentially. This study highlights the potential mechanisms of action between cyber-ostracism and adolescent non-suicidal self-injury and finds that cyber-ostracism is a risk factor for non-suicidal self-injury. This founding suggests that extra attention should be paid to the role of the online environment in addition to the offline environment experiences for the intervention of non-suicidal self-injury.

Keywords: cyber-ostracism; non-suicidal self-injury; depression; experiential avoidance (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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