The association between school bullying and executive functions in children and adolescents: A three-level meta-analysis

IF 3 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Adolescence Pub Date : 2024-08-26 DOI:10.1002/jad.12397

Wei Jia, Chenhui Huang, Na Hu, Dan Cai

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Abstract

Introduction

Even though existing amounts of results have shown that school bullying could be related to the main components of executive functions (EFs) (inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility), research focused on this association yields inconsistent results.

Method

To address this research gap, the current study conducted a three-level meta-analysis approach and simultaneously considered the two perspectives of the bully and victim to clarify the relationship between school bullying experienced by children and EFs. It also explored the moderating variables that affect the relationship between school bullying and EFs.

Results

Based on 18 studies reporting 73 effect sizes (N = 21,725), the results revealed that the overall effect size for the association between both the bullies and victims of school bullying incidents with EFs (r_bullies = −0.154, p < .05; r_victims = −0.187, p < .001). Moderator analyses revealed that the negative correlation between bullies of school bullying and EFs was moderated by EF components, but it was not affected by gender, age, and the EF measurement method. Moreover, the negative correlation between victims of school bullying and EFs was not affected by the form of bullying, source of report, facet of EFs, EF measurement, gender, age, and culture.

Conclusions

The present meta-analysis revealed a relationship between school bullying and EFs. Both bullies and victims appear to have lower EF levels. The results also emphasized that lower inhibitory control was more likely to be a crucial risk factor for bullying behavior.

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校园欺凌与儿童和青少年执行功能之间的关系：三级荟萃分析。

导言：尽管现有的大量研究结果表明，校园欺凌可能与执行功能（EFs）的主要组成部分（抑制控制、工作记忆和认知灵活性）有关，但针对这种关联的研究结果并不一致：为了填补这一研究空白，本研究采用了三级荟萃分析方法，同时考虑了欺凌者和受害者的两个视角，以厘清儿童遭受的校园欺凌与执行功能之间的关系。本研究还探讨了影响校园欺凌与 EFs 关系的调节变量：本荟萃分析揭示了校园欺凌与 EF 之间的关系。欺凌者和受害者的 EF 水平似乎都较低。研究结果还强调，较低的抑制控制能力更有可能成为欺凌行为的关键风险因素。

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Journal of Adolescence PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

2.60%

发文量

123

期刊介绍： The Journal of Adolescence is an international, broad based, cross-disciplinary journal that addresses issues of professional and academic importance concerning development between puberty and the attainment of adult status within society. It provides a forum for all who are concerned with the nature of adolescence, whether involved in teaching, research, guidance, counseling, treatment, or other services. The aim of the journal is to encourage research and foster good practice through publishing both empirical and clinical studies as well as integrative reviews and theoretical advances.