Factors associated with cyberbullying among vocational students based on the ecological system model in an ethnic minority area

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the current situation of youth cyberbullying (CB) in an ethnic minority area in China and the socio-ecological factors influencing it to provide a scientific basis for the development of health education and improved decision-making for youth in these areas. The cluster sampling method was adopted to conduct a questionnaire survey of 2156 students from 2 vocational high schools in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in December 2019. SPSS 22.1 statistical software was used for data analysis. CB among vocational school students in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture is relatively common, with 51.62% of the participants reporting having bullied someone and 68.65% reporting having been bullied online. The rate of CB perpetration and victimization among adolescents in minority areas is affected by individuals, family, peer factors, and school climate. The phenomenon of vocational high school student CB in ethnic minority areas is affected by personal, familial, interpersonal, and school environments. It is recommended that the individual and social-ecological factors in which adolescent CB interventions are formulated in the future be comprehensively considered.

Attachment Styles of Different Groups of Vocational Learners in Bullying Behavior

“…supporting previous studies (Çevik, et al, 2021;Xu et al, 2022;Zhou & Li, 2021) in vocational schools.…”

“…Limited recent research has examined the prevalence of bullying and victimization among vocational school students in different countries: in Finland less than 10% were involved as bullies, victims or bully/victims (Aho et al, 2019); in Turkey almost half -48% were connected to victimization and 52% to bullying (Çevik et al, 2021); in China more than half vocational learners were involved in bullyingnearly 30% were victims, 3% bullies and 23% bully/victims (Xu et al, 2022); in China about half of vocational school learners were involved in cyberbullying and about 70% in cybervictimization (Zhou & Li, 2021), whereas the findings show that vocational school students have a greater tendency to become victims than bullies. Compared with their peers in high school, students studying in vocational schools have a greater risk of developing behavioral patterns that are dangerous to their health (e.g.…”

“…In fact, limited recent studies have confirmed connections between: (1) vocational students' traditional and cyberbullying and their need for stimulation seeking during regular vocational school hours (Graf et al, 2019); (2) vocational school students' cyberbullying and their problematic internet use as parallel increase of these problematic behavior levels (Zhou & Li, 2021); (3) disabled vocational school students' victimization and depression (Zhang & Wang, 2019); and (4) vocational school learners' bullying behavior and smoking habits revealing differences between bully-categories versus not-involved 14-20 year old boys and girls (Aho et al, 2019). Also, it was indicated that a warm parenting style can protect vocational school students from bullying -specifically, a positive relationship with parents and a good parenting style (warmth, democracy, and mutual concern) was a protective factor from bullying others as well as being victim in vocational schools (Xu et al, 2022).…”

Cyberbullying and Associated Factors in Member Countries of the European Union: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies with Representative Population Samples

“…Further studies have been conducted in this area with respondents coming from specific groups, such as clinical samples [ 9 ], children with disabilities [ 10 ], the LGBTQ community [ 11 ], specific ethnic groups [ 12 ], and specific faith groups [ 13 ].…”