<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of personality traits in the relationship between bullying victimization and psychological distress among adolescents in South Africa. One hundred and forty adolescents whose age range from 11 to 20&#xa0;years were purposefully selected to participate in the study. Participants completed baseline assessment which included Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire, the Introversion Extroversion McCroskey Scale, and The Kessler Psychological Discomfort Scale (K10). Zero-order correlations of all study variables were tested with the study’s dependent variable. Mediating analysis revealed that introversion-extroversion personality mediated the relationship between cyberbullying and psychological distress (c′-path analysis; <i>b</i> = 0.0285, <i>t</i>(140) = 1.864, <i>p</i> &lt; .05; bootstrap = .0734 and .1869). The results indicated that both traditional and cyberbullying have positive and significant relationship with psychological distress among adolescents. The results further revealed that participants who were extroverts experienced less psychological distress symptoms compared to participants who were introverts. The outcome of the study should be considered when examining personality trait that mitigate or exacerbate psychological distress among adolescents’ victims of bullying. Furthermore, the result of this study may inform future strategies aimed at reducing the likelihood of bullying victimization among adolescents.</p>