RT Article
T1 Associations among Bullying Victimization, Family Dysfunction, Negative Affect, and Bullying Perpetration in Macanese Adolescents
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 66
IS 1
SP 28
OP 49
A1 Chui, Wing Hong
A2 Weng, Xue
A2 Khiatani, Paul Vinod
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1779909713
AB Bullying has become one of the most significant problem behaviors that school-aged adolescents face. The current study examines the strain–delinquency relationship by employing General Strain Theory as a guiding framework. “Strain” was operationalized as bullying victimization and family dysfunction, “delinquency” was operationalized as bullying perpetration, and “negative affect” was operationalized as anxiety and depression. Analyses were carried out based on a group of 2,139 Macanese schoolchildren. Using a structural equation modeling technique, the results revealed that exposure to family dysfunction and bullying victimization was associated with adolescents’ negative affect, such as anxiety and depression. Contrary to our expectations, the indirect effect of victimization on bullying through negative affect was negative, though the mediation effect was relatively small and only significant in boys. In addition, gender analyses of invariance showed that male adolescents who experienced more family conflict and parental control were less likely to engage in bullying. This study could lead to further anti-bullying interventions and practical efforts designed to improve positive parenting and adolescents’ interpersonal skills.
K1 Gender
K1 Parental Control
K1 Family Conflict
K1 Negative affect
K1 Adolescence
K1 Victimization
K1 bBullying
DO 10.1177/0306624X20983741