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The association between being bullied and poor mental health is now well established in the literature (e.g.,Agustiningsih et al., 2024; Moore et al., 2017; Wilson & Noret, in press). Research is now focusing on the processes that underpin this relationship. For example, recent research has suggested that the reasons why young people believe they were bullied (attributions for cause) (Bauman et al., 2023) and cognitive appraisals (Noret et al., 2021) are significantly associated with the development of poor mental health in young people who have been bullied. However, research has typically examined the role of these cognitive processes separately. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the role of attributions for cause and cognitive appraisals in the longitudinal relationship between being bullied and poor mental health. A self-report questionnaire is currently being conducted in four secondary schools and one college in the UK. The questionnaire measures experiences of bullying, attributions for cause, cognitive appraisals and poor mental health and is being administered once a month over a three-month period. The data will be analysed to test the mediating role of cognitive appraisals and attributions for cause in the longitudinal relationship between being bullied and poor mental health. The results of this study will provide further insight into the mechanisms that underpin the relationship between being bullied and poor mental health functions to inform future approaches to intervention.
| Please indicate what type of scientific contribution it is | Quantitative method study |
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| Please also indicate what kind of contribution it is: | Scientific |
