Explaining the patterns of bullying victimization trajectories: assessing the generality of low self-control and crime opportunity models to bullying victims

This study hypothesizes that self-control and opportunity variables affect heterogeneity in developmental trajectories of bullying victimization. Using data from a follow-up study of 2,351 Korean adolescents, the study incorporates a latent class growth analysis approach to identify subgroups, each...

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Authors: Cho, Sujung (Author) ; Park, Insun (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: June 2022
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 2022, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-32
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Keywords:
bullying victimization
developmental trajectories
social guardianship
Low self-control
Latent class growth analysis
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Summary:This study hypothesizes that self-control and opportunity variables affect heterogeneity in developmental trajectories of bullying victimization. Using data from a follow-up study of 2,351 Korean adolescents, the study incorporates a latent class growth analysis approach to identify subgroups, each with a unique pattern of the trajectories. The model yields three subgroups of bullying victims: the early-onset and decreaser, the increaser and late-peak, and the normative groups. Results suggest that, compared to the normative group, the early-onset and decreasing group members manifest lower levels of self-control and engage in a greater range of delinquent behaviors. Also, the impact of low self-control on group membership was attenuated after controlling for those opportunity variables, indicating a partially mediating relationship. Social guardianship variables distinguished normative groups from other victim groups. Further, members of the increaser and late-peak group were more likely than the early-onset and decreaser group members to engage in cyber deviance over the long-term.
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ISSN:1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X221102793