Associations between callous-unemotional traits and various types of involvement in school bullying among adolescents in Taiwan

作者：Wang, Peng Wei; Hsiao, Ray C; Chen, Li Ming; Sung, Yu Hsien; Hu, Huei Fan^*; Yen, Cheng Fang^*

来源：Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2019, 118(1): 50-56.

DOI：10.1016/j.jfma.2018.01.003

• Adolescent
• Bullying
• Callous-unemotional traits
• Community
• Mental health

Purpose: This study examined associations between callous-unemotional (CU) traits and involvement in school bullying among 613 Taiwanese adolescents.
Methods: CU traits were determined using the self -reported Chinese versions of the Inventory of Callous and Unemotional Traits (C-ICUT) and the School Bullying Experience Questionnaire (C-SBEQ). The study used logistic regression analysis to assess associations between CU traits and types of involvement in school bullying, with controls for the effect of age, sex, and residential background.
Results: Higher levels of the callous trait were positively associated with greater risk of being a victim of physical bullying and belongings snatch, or a perpetrator of verbal, relational and physical bullying and belongings snatch. Higher levels of the unemotional trait were positively associated with greater risk of being a victim of verbal and relational bullying. The uncaring trait had no significant associations with any type of bullying involvement.
Conclusion: The role played by CU traits should, therefore, be examined when developing pro- grams to detect and prevent school bullying.

• 出版日期2019-1
• 单位中山大学; 河北医科大学