Types of stressors and bullying perpetration among female adolescents in Korea |
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| Authors: | Yi Jin Kim Kristen D. Seay Sung Seek Moon Jang Hyun Lee Jun Kyung Kim |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Social Work, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USAyjkim@olemiss.edu;3. College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA;4. Department of Child &5. Youth Welfare, Pyeongtaek University, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea;6. School of Child Welfare, Namseoul University, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTResearch concerning bullying among female adolescents in Korea remains extremely limited. This study examined the impact of three different types of stressors (family stress, friendship stress, and school stress) on bullying perpetration among Korean female adolescents. Five middle schools were randomly selected from 11 schools in Pyeongtaek, Korea. Participants in the study were 374 female students in 7–9th grade. A linear regression analysis based on the different types of stressors was conducted. Findings indicate that family and school related stressors were significantly associated with bullying perpetration. Results supported Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological systems theory. Interventions to decrease family stress and school stress are supported for Korean female adolescents engaged in bullying perpetration. |
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| Keywords: | Bullying stress Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological systems theory Korean adolescents |
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