Gender differences in the association between bullying victimization and depressive symptoms in Chinese children and adolescents
Bullied girls exhibited a higher susceptibility to depressive symptoms than boys with the same experience, especially when exposed to multiple bullying incidents. These findings underscore the need for developing gender-specific strategies to protect children from bullying, with an emphasis on safeguarding girls.
Authors
- Peige Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0196-9759)
- Yu Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5601-0572)
- Weidi Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8763-3569)
- Shiyi Shan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8423-9576)
- Juanjuan Li
- Lei Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1476-1460)
- Kexuan Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8748-9624)
- Ronghua Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6323-6171)
- Jia Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1019-8885)
- Shuting Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7670-689X)
- Wenhan Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2035-1875)
- Boren Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1621-4472)
- Fang Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9163-0566)
- Shanshan Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5264-544X)
Institutions
- Zhejiang International Studies University (CN)
- Zhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23129-w
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 14.63