Relación de cibervictimización y victimización con la autolesión severa: rol mediador de la autolesión leve

Karen Guadalupe Duarte Tánori; Daniel Fregoso Borrego; José Ángel Vera Noriega

doi:10.22235/cp.v20i1.4581

Authors

Karen Guadalupe Duarte Tánori Universidad de Sonora https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4676-3161
Daniel Fregoso Borrego Universidad de Sonora https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4362-1256
José Ángel Vera Noriega Universidad de Sonora https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2764-4431

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v20i1.4581

Keywords:

Adolescence, Cybervictimization, Mediation, Non-suicidal self-injury, School victimization

Abstract

Non-suicidal self-injury, understood as the deliberate damage to one's own body tissue without suicidal intent, represents a growing problem among adolescents and has been linked to various forms of victimization, both in-person and digital. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between mild and severe self-injury and victimization and cybervictimization, positing that these forms of victimization condition severe self-injury when mediated by mild self-injury, with cybervictimization serving as a stronger explanatory predictor. Data were collected from 433 secondary school students who completed questionnaires measuring self-injury, in-person victimization, and cybervictimization. Descriptive analyses, correlations, and mediation models were conducted. The results revealed significant positive associations among all variables, highlighting that mild self-injury significantly mediated the relationship between in-person victimization and severe self-injury, while in the case of cybervictimization a robust direct relationship with severe self-injury was observed, evidencing a greater impact of digital aggression on the intensification of self-inflicted harm. These findings suggest that mild self-injury acts as a critical link in the progression toward more severe behaviors, underscoring the need for early and targeted interventions to prevent the escalation of harm and its pathological associations.

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