“…Further, a recent study of bullying trends in Korea found an increase in insult and defamation incidents, which are psychologically devastating for the victim (Kim, Kim, & Son, 2018 showed a declining trend. These results are consistent with the general longitudinal pattern that depicts bullying experience in adolescence-there is an increase in bullying involvement starting in the later years of elementary school, which peaks in middle school, and then declines afterward (Ahn, 2018;Barker et al, 2008;Han et al, 2016;Kretschmer et al, 2017;No, Lee, Lee, & Hong, 2017).…”