Understanding the Relationship Between Bullying Victimisation and Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence: A Social Science Genetic Approach

欺凌受害者有一个复杂的病因，其中包括一些由多基因得分捕获的受基因影响的脆弱性。这突出了先前存在的脆弱性解释欺凌与心理健康之间关系的重要性。因此，不仅要研究社会因素，还要探索导致被欺负风险的遗传影响，这一点非常重要。然后可以通过本论文的核心方面，即基因-环境相互作用来告知干预措施。使用社会科学遗传知情的方法，本文建议检查霸凌受害与心理健康之间关系的多个层面的影响；澄清欺凌受害背后的机制和途径；并提出应对先前存在的脆弱性和帮助培养复原力的策略。

Bullying victimisation has a complex aetiology which includes some genetically influenced vulnerabilities captured by polygenic scores. This highlights the importance of pre-existing vulnerabilities explaining the relationship between bullying and mental health. It is thus very important to not only examine the social contributions but to explore the genetic influences that contribute to the risk of being bullied. Interventions can then be informed by the core aspects of this thesis, i.e. gene-environment interplay. Using social science genetic informed approaches, this thesis proposes to examine multiple levels of influence on the association between bullying victimisation and mental health; clarify the mechanisms and pathways behind bullying victimisation; and suggest strategies to deal with pre-existing vulnerabilities and help foster resilience.