Mediating Role of Callous-Unemotional Traits in the Relationship between Family Social Support and Adolescent Girls’ Bullying

The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of callous-unemotional traits in the relationship between family social support and adolescent bullying. This research is a descriptive correlational study. The population included all female high school students in 2019-2020 academic year. The study participants included 200 female students in grades 10 to 12 who were selected by convenience sampling. They answered the Bullying Prevalence Questionnaire (BPQ; Rigby & Slee, 1995), Perceived Social Support-Family Scale (PSS-Fa; Procidano & Heller, 1983), and Inventory of Callous-Unemotional (ICU; Frick, 2004). The results showed a significant negative relationship between family social support and adolescent bullying and callous-unemotional traits. There was also a significant positive relationship between adolescent bullying and callous-unemotional traits and their subscales. The results further showed that callous-unemotional traits play a mediating role in the relationship between family social support and adolescent bullying.