Bullying victimization is prevalent in adolescence and associated with adverse consequences on physical and psychological wellbeing, paricularly in sexual and gender minority youth. However, little is known about its associations with sexual wellbeing and the underlying mechanisms that could explain this association. The present study assessed the associations between bullying victimization and sexual wellbeing (sexual satisfaction, sexual desire/arousal and orgasmic function difficulties, sexual distress) via the mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties, considering potential sexual/gender minority status-based differences. Self-report online surveys were completed by 1036 sexually active (49.7% were girls) high school students (M_age = 14.6 years, SD_age = 0.6). Bullying victimization was directly and negatively associated with sexual desire/arousal difficulties and positively with sexual distress. Higher emotion regulation difficulties mediated the associations between higher bullying victimization and higher orgasmic function difficulties, as well as higher bullying victimization and higher sexual distress. No significant association was observed between bullying victimization and sexual satisfaction. No significant differences were observed between heterosexual, cisgender and sexual and gender minority youth in any of the associations. The findings suggest that bullying victimization is associated with adolescents’ sexual wellbeing. The cross-sectional design and small effect sizes support the need for further prospective cohort studies.

欺凌受害在青春期很普遍，对身心健康造成不利后果，尤其是在性少数和性别少数群体青年中。然而，人们对其与性福祉的关联以及可以解释这种关联的潜在机制知之甚少。本研究通过情绪调节困难的中介作用评估了欺凌受害与性幸福（性满足、性欲/性唤起和性高潮功能困难、性困扰）之间的关联，考虑到潜在的基于性/性别少数地位的差异。1036 名性活跃（49.7% 为女孩）高中生（M_年龄 = 14.6 岁，SD_年龄）完成了自我报告在线调查 = 0.6）。欺凌受害与性欲/性唤起困难直接负相关，与性困扰呈正相关。较高的情绪调节困难介导了较高的欺凌受害与较高的性高潮功能困难之间的关联，以及较高的欺凌受害和较高的性困扰之间的关联。在欺凌受害和性满足之间没有观察到显着关联。在任何协会中，异性恋、顺性别和性和性别少数青年之间都没有观察到显着差异。研究结果表明，欺凌受害与青少年的性福祉有关。横断面设计和小效应量支持进一步前瞻性队列研究的需要。