The Role of Empathy in Alcohol Use of Bullying Perpetrators and Victims: Lower Personal Empathic Distress Makes Male Perpetrators of Bullying More Vulnerable to Alcohol Use - Sorbonne Université
Journal Articles International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Year : 2023

The Role of Empathy in Alcohol Use of Bullying Perpetrators and Victims: Lower Personal Empathic Distress Makes Male Perpetrators of Bullying More Vulnerable to Alcohol Use

Maren Prignitz
Tobias Banaschewski
Arun Bokde
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Sylvane Desrivières
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Antoine Grigis
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Hugh Garavan
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Penny Gowland
Andreas Heinz
Jean-Luc Martinot
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Eric Artiges
Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos
Luise Poustka
Sarah Hohmann
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Juliane Fröhner
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Lauren Robinson
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Michael Smolka
Henrik Walter
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Jeanne Winterer
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Robert Whelan
  • Function : Author
Gunter Schumann
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Frauke Nees
Herta Flor

Abstract

Bullying often results in negative coping in victims, including an increased consumption of alcohol. Recently, however, an increase in alcohol use has also been reported among perpetrators of bullying. The factors triggering this pattern are still unclear. We investigated the role of empathy in the interaction between bullying and alcohol use in an adolescent sample (IMAGEN) at age 13.97 (±0.53) years (baseline (BL), N = 2165, 50.9% female) and age 16.51 (±0.61) years (follow-up 1 (FU1), N = 1185, 54.9% female). General empathic distress served as a significant moderator of alcohol use in perpetrators (F9, 493 = 17.978, p < 0.01), which was specific for males and FU1. Male perpetrators, who are generally less sensitive to distress, might thus be more vulnerable to alcohol abuse.

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Psychology
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hal-04269255 , version 1 (03-11-2023)

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Maren Prignitz, Tobias Banaschewski, Arun Bokde, Sylvane Desrivières, Antoine Grigis, et al.. The Role of Empathy in Alcohol Use of Bullying Perpetrators and Victims: Lower Personal Empathic Distress Makes Male Perpetrators of Bullying More Vulnerable to Alcohol Use. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, 20 (13), pp.6286. ⟨10.3390/ijerph20136286⟩. ⟨hal-04269255⟩
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