This meta-analysis examined the bidirectional effects between types of peer victimisation and anxiety. It also investigated types of anxiety as a potential moderator of this relationship, which has not been examined within a meta-analytic framework previously. Five electronic databases were searched and longitudinal studies exclusively utilising published and validated measures for peer victimisation subtypes and anxiety symptomology were included. A total of 3760 articles were screened and 14 studies with a total of 11,307 participants met inclusion criteria. Results showed significant bidirectional effects between anxiety and several subtypes of victimisations including cyber, overt, relational, and reputational victimisation. Although significant effects were seen among all associations, these were all deemed as small, except for relational peer victimisation predicting anxiety over time which was considered to be a moderate effect size. Moderator analysis of anxiety types suggested that relational peer victimisation predicted social anxiety to a greater and more significant extent than general symptoms of anxiety. It was also found that general anxiety symptoms were significantly greater at predicting overt peer victimisation over time than social anxiety symptoms. These results hold implications for theories around the development and maintenance of anxiety, as well as providing evidence to inform treatments and interventions for both anxiety disorders and programmes aimed to prevent peer victimisation.

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同伴受害亚型与儿童和青少年焦虑之间的纵向关联：一项荟萃分析


这项荟萃分析研究了同伴受害和焦虑类型之间的双向影响。它还调查了焦虑类型作为这种关系的潜在调节因素，以前从未在元分析框架中进行过研究。检索了 5 个电子数据库，并纳入了专门利用已发表和经过验证的同伴受害亚型和焦虑症状测量方法的纵向研究。共筛选了 3760 篇文章，其中 14 项研究（共 11,307 名参与者）符合纳入标准。结果显示，焦虑与几种受害亚型（包括网络、公开、关系和声誉受害）之间存在显着的双向影响。尽管在所有关联中都观察到显著影响，但这些都被认为是很小的，除了关系同伴受害预测焦虑随时间推移，这被认为是中等效应量。焦虑类型的调节者分析表明，与一般焦虑症状相比，关系同伴受害对社交焦虑的预测更大、更重要。研究还发现，随着时间的推移，一般焦虑症状在预测明显的同伴受害方面明显大于社交焦虑症状。这些结果对围绕焦虑发展和维持的理论具有意义，并为焦虑症的治疗和干预以及旨在防止同伴受害的计划提供证据。