The Effects of Marital Conflicts Perceived by Adolescent Children on Bullying: The Dual Mediating Effects of Self-System Traumatization and Violence Tolerance

Abstract

Objectives: This study's purpose was to examine the effects of marital conflicts perceived by adolescents on self-system traumatization, violence tolerance, and bullying. Additionally, the dual mediating effects of self-system traumatization and violence tolerance on the relationship between marital conflicts perceived by adolescent children and bullying were examined. Methods: Participants were middle and high school students in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do, who had experienced bullying. Data analysis was conducted through descriptive statistics using SPSS Statistics 21.0 and the separate and dual mediating effect analyses were conducted using SPSS Marco. Results: Both self-system traumatization and violence tolerance had a partial mediation effect on the relationship between marital conflicts perceived by adolescent children and bullying. Moreover, selfsystem traumatization and violence tolerance had a full dual-mediation effect on the relationship between marital conflict perceived by adolescent children and bullying. Conclusion:The results indicate to provide preventive data on adolescents who harassed their peers by looking at the dual mediating effects of self-system traumatization and violence tolerance based on the relationship between marital conflict and bullying.