Lifestyles/Routine Activities and Bullying among South Korean Youths |
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Authors: | Sujung Cho Cheong Sun Park |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA;2. Korean National Police University, Youngin, South Korea |
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Abstract: | Research on bullying has been conducted primarily in the United States and other western cultures, with less attention paid to the magnitude and sources of the problem in eastern cultures. Framed within lifestyle/routine activities theories, we examined a random sample of 3,121 South Korean middle-school students in order to assess the main effects of factors reflecting guardianship, target suitability, and exposure to motivated offenders on a youth’s risk of being bullied by groups of juveniles. Latent growth curve modeling was used to estimate both cross-sectional and longitudinal effects on self-reported victimizations involving “collective” bullying. Findings and their theoretical implications are presented. |
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Keywords: | bullying South Korea lifestyles routine activities |
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