Time Trends, Trajectories, and Demographic Predictors of Bullying: A Prospective Study in Korean Adolescents

Changes Over a Ten-year Interval in the Prevalence of Teacher Targeted Bullying

“…However, existing international studies of bullying prevalence provide not much evidence about its trends over time (1) in youth bullying: Molcho et al (2009) had educed from international cross-sectional survey that bullying among students generally declined between 1994 and 2006; Rigby & Smith (2011) reviewed trend information for bullying on the international level and concluded that the prevalence of bullying among students generally decreased between 1990 and 2009; Kim, Boyce, Koh and Leventhal (2009) found among Korean students the modest decrease of prevalence of victims while perpetrator prevalence was stable over the time between 2000 and2001;Finkelhor (2013) showed from US national data a substantial declines in face-to face bullying and peer related victimizations at school from the 1990s to 2007; and (2) in teacher-targeted bullying: survey data from national report in UK (NASUWT, 2012) showed that teachers workplace bullying tended to be (no statistical differences were calculated) more prevalent in 2011 than in 1995.…”

Applying the social–ecological framework to explore bully–victim subgroups in South Korean schools.

“…In South Korea (Kim, Boyce, Koh, & Leventhal, 2009;Kim et al, 2004;Lee, 2001;Lee & Jun, 2011;Oh, 2014;Shin & Kim, 2014;Yang et al, 2006) boys are significantly more likely than girls to bully their peers. However, girls are more likely than boys to be perpetrators of relational aggression and social exclusion (wang-tta; Koo, Kwak, & Smith, 2008).…”

“…Kim et al (2004) report that the prevalence of bullying and victimization was higher among students of high or low family income than those of middle income families. Kim et al's (2009) prospective study of 1,666 7 th and 8 th grade students found that adolescents whose father had lower educational attainment, and those whose mother had higher educational attainment, were at an increased risk for peer victimization. Family structure, particularly non-traditional structures (e.g., single parent household) is also significantly associated with bullying and peer victimization (Kim et al, 2004;Kim et al, 2009;Yang et al, 2013).…”

Bullying: We Need to Increase Our Efforts and Broaden Our Focus

“…We know from different studies [10,11], including the two articles by Kim et al [12] as well as Wang et al [13] in this issue, that a significant percentage of pupils involved in bullying are both perpetrators (''bullies'') and victims; however most research on personal and environmental risk factors for bullying concentrates on victims. This is exemplified in the article by Berry et al [14] in this issue, which reports on the evaluation of a preventive program for anxious boys experiencing bullying.…”