Manifestations of neuroticism and somatization to bullied children mediated by social support

• Main Authors: Roxas, Jose Carlos T., Hizon, Isabella Francine Q.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Social networks; Bullying; Victims of bullying; Bullies; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5397
• Institution: De La Salle University

Bullying is a serious issue, which imposes different possible effects on individuals, especially to the victims and their aggressors. The researchers wanted to find out if social support, as a coping strategy, can become a significant mediator between victimization and neuroticism and if social support, as a coping strategy, becomes a significant mediator between victimization psychosomatic symptoms. 192 undergraduate college students from De La Salle University-Manila were randomly selected to answer the questionnaire the researchers devised, in one seating to avoid fatigue. The study adapted Baron and Kenny's 3-step regression analysis for mediation (1986) and used General Regression Model (GRM) in analyzing the data to determine whether social support coping strategy as a mediating variable may affect neuroticism and somatization. The study found out that somatization can be significantly predicted by victimization and that neuroticism can significantly be predicted by social support coping strategy. The study also found out that victimization is not necessarily a predictor of neuroticism.