BACKGROUND Peer victimization is a problem that affects adolescents worldwide. Since so few studies have been made on the relationship between maturity and indirect peer victimization, the main objective of this study was to determine if maturity provides incremental validity beyond the personality traits when predicting indirect victimization. Another objective was to test a model of how all these variables are related to depressive symptomatology and life satisfaction. METHOD 548 high school students completed five questionnaires. We performed correlations, multiple regression analysis and structural equation analysis. RESULTS The hierarchical regression analyses show that maturity has incremental validity in predicting indirect peer victimization. Two personality traits (emotional stability and agreeableness) and two maturity factors (identity and self-reliance) were major predictors of indirect peer victimization. The hierarchical regression analyses also show that major predictors were the same for girls and boys. The Structural Equation Model tested had a good fit, which suggests that indirect victimization increases depressive symptomatology and decreases life satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that both personality traits and psychological maturity have to be taken into account when predicting indirect peer victimization. The study also shows the emotional suffering related to this victimization.

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心理成熟度和大五人格特征在间接攻击受害者中的作用。

背景技术同伴受害是一个影响全世界青少年的问题。由于关于成熟度与间接同伴受害之间关系的研究很少，因此本研究的主要目的是确定在预测间接受害时，成熟度是否提供超出人格特征的增量有效性。另一个目标是测试所有这些变量如何与抑郁症状和生活满意度相关的模型。方法548名高中生完成5份问卷。我们进行了相关性、多元回归分析和结构方程分析。结果 层次回归分析表明，成熟度在预测间接同伴受害方面具有递增的有效性。两个人格特质（情绪稳定和随和）和两个成熟因素（身份和自力更生）是间接同伴受害的主要预测因素。分层回归分析还表明，女孩和男孩的主要预测因子相同。测试的结构方程模型具有良好的拟合度，这表明间接受害会增加抑郁症状并降低生活满意度。结论 结果表明，在预测间接同伴受害时，必须同时考虑人格特征和心理成熟度。该研究还显示了与这种受害有关的情感痛苦。测试的结构方程模型具有良好的拟合度，这表明间接受害会增加抑郁症状并降低生活满意度。结论 结果表明，在预测间接同伴受害时，必须同时考虑人格特征和心理成熟度。该研究还显示了与这种受害有关的情感痛苦。测试的结构方程模型具有良好的拟合度，这表明间接受害会增加抑郁症状并降低生活满意度。结论 结果表明，在预测间接同伴受害时，必须同时考虑人格特征和心理成熟度。该研究还显示了与这种受害有关的情感痛苦。