Unraveling the Bidirectional Relationship Between Bullying Victimization and Perpetration: A Test of Mechanisms From Opportunity and General Strain Theories

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-411
Author(s):  
Glenn D. Walters
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
General Strain Theory ◽  
Routine Activities ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Peer Delinquency ◽  
Bullying Perpetration ◽  
Bidirectional Relationship ◽  
Causal Mediation Analysis ◽  
General Strain

This study tested two theories designed to explain the bullying perpetration–victimization relationship. Peer delinquency was hypothesized to mediate the pathway from bullying perpetration to victimization, in line with opportunity, lifestyle, and routine activities theories, and anger was held to mediate the pathway from bullying victimization to perpetration as set forth in general strain theory. These pathways were tested in a sample of 3,411 youth (1,728 boys, 1,683 girls) from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. A causal mediation analysis performed on three nonoverlapping waves of data, in which prior levels of each predicted variable were controlled, uncovered support for peer delinquency as a mediator of the perpetration–victimization pathway but failed to identify anger as a mediator of the victimization–perpetration pathway. Additional research is required to identify a mediator for the victimization–perpetration pathway and determine whether variables other than peer delinquency mediate the perpetration–victimization pathway.

The Strain From Procedural Injustice on Parolees: Bridging Procedural Justice Theory and General Strain Theory

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Liu ◽  
Christy A. Visher ◽  
Daniel J. O’Connell
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
General Strain Theory ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Prisoner Reentry ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Criminal Propensity ◽  
Procedural Injustice ◽  
General Strain ◽  
Using Data

The procedural justice literature explains why people obey the law. However, prior research has largely neglected the implication of procedural justice in the correctional context in general and in parole efficacy in particular. In an attempt to bridge the propositions of procedural justice and general strain theory, this study assesses the effect of parolees’ perceived procedural injustice on their success in reentry. Using data from a longitudinal study of prisoner reentry, we investigate the nexus of procedural injustice, negative emotions, family bonds, and postrelease criminal propensity. Findings indicate that procedural injustice increases criminal propensity, and the negative emotion of depression partially mediates this relationship. We also find parolees’ family bonds totally mediate the effect of procedural injustice on criminal propensity.

Gender, Bullying Victimization, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidality

2019 ◽  
pp. 0306624X1989596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Strohacker ◽  
Lauren E. Wright ◽  
Stephen J. Watts
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
General Strain Theory ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Full Model ◽  
Cyberbullying Victimization ◽  
School Based ◽  
National School ◽  
General Strain

Bullying victimization can have serious consequences for adolescents. This article examines the association between traditional and cyberbullying victimization, depressive symptoms, and suicidality in a national school-based sample, utilizing general strain theory (GST) as a guide to how these variables might relate to each other. We additionally examine whether the associations between these variables differ by gender. Results suggest that traditional and cyberbullying victimization have significant, positive associations with both depressive symptoms and suicidality. Results are partly supportive of the full model suggested by GST, with the associations between bullying and suicidality being weakened in some models when accounting for depressive symptoms. Gender differences also emerge. These findings are discussed in relation to their relevance for policy and theory.

scholarly journals Bullying Victimization as a Strain: Examining Changes in Bullying Victimization and Delinquency among Korean Students from a Developmental General Strain Theory Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-65
Author(s):  
Yeoju Park ◽  
Christi Metcalfe
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
General Strain Theory ◽  
Harmful Effect ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Effects Of Bullying ◽  
General Strain ◽  
Bullying Experiences ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Analogous Behavior

Objectives: Using a developmental extension of Agnew’s general strain theory (GST), the current study aims to assess the within-individual associations between bullying victimization and delinquency, as well as the recent versus enduring effects of bullying victimization experiences and the moderating influences of several risk factors. Method: Random effects Tobit models are conducted to examine the relationship between changes in bullying victimization and five forms of delinquency using five waves from the Korean Youth Panel Survey. A measure calculating the duration of consecutive bullying experiences is introduced into these models to capture the enduring effects of this strain, and margins analyses are used to assess moderating influences. Results: There is a positive relationship between experiencing a bullying event and delinquency, and this relationship is stronger at higher levels of risk factors. Moreover, bullying victimization over consecutive years has a consistent harmful effect with regard to analogous behavior and violence and theft, as opposed to a diminishing effect for overall delinquency, substance use, and bullying. Conclusions: While there is support for many of the propositions of GST, there are some inconsistences regarding the duration effects. The findings suggest the need for further assessments of the temporal patterns of strains.

Comparing school-related risk factors of stereotypical bullying perpetration and cyberbullying perpetration

2019 ◽  
pp. 147737081988751
Author(s):  
Marie Christine Bergmann
Keyword(s):  
General Strain Theory ◽  
School Context ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Ninth Graders ◽  
School Characteristics ◽  
Lower Saxony ◽  
Bullying Perpetration ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
General Strain ◽  
Bullying Behaviors

Based on the combination of two representative surveys of ninth graders ( N = 20,150) conducted in 2013 and 2015 in Lower Saxony, Germany, this article first examines the prevalence of cyberbullying perpetration and stereotypical bullying perpetration. Second, in addition to already existing research, the prevalence of the simultaneous perpetration of stereotypical bullying and cyberbullying is presented here as well. In order to overcome the limitations of existing research, General Strain Theory (GST; Agnew, 1992) is used to theoretically determine why it is expected that school characteristics are associated with the three forms of bullying. In the students’ preceding semester, 6.1 percent of the surveyed adolescents were perpetrators of stereotypical bullying, 1.1 percent bullied someone online, and 1.3 percent of the juveniles engaged in both bullying behaviors. Binary logistic multilevel analyses show that school-related strains are in fact related to the perpetration of stereotypical bullying, cyberbullying, and the perpetration of both behaviors simultaneously. The risk of engaging in the perpetration of stereotypical bullying, and the perpetration of cyberbullying and stereotypical bullying simultaneously, is especially increased by school-related strains. Thus, those respondents who carry out bullying behaviors in the school context seem to be especially affected by school-related strains.

Gender, Bullying Victimization, and Juvenile Delinquency: A Test of General Strain Theory

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 346-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis T. Cullen ◽  
James D. Unnever ◽  
Jennifer L. Hartman ◽  
Michael G. Turner ◽  
Robert Agnew
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
General Strain Theory ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
General Strain

Bullying Victimization, Social Network Usage, and Delinquent Coping in a Sample of Urban Youth: Examining the Predictions of General Strain Theory

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1021-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Baker ◽  
William V. Pelfrey
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
General Strain Theory ◽  
The United States ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Cyberbullying Victimization ◽  
General Strain

Guided by the propositions of general strain theory, this study examines the impact of experienced and anticipated strains on the delinquent coping of adolescents while accounting for the usage of social networking sites. Specifically, this study uses self-report survey data collected from 3,195 middle and high school students in a single Midwest city in the United States to explore the effect of experiencing the strains of traditional bullying victimization and cyberbullying victimization on adolescents self-reported soft drug use, hard drug use, and weapon carrying behavior. These relationships are explored among both frequent and infrequent users of social networking sites. Results indicate that cyberbullying victimization and the anticipated strain of feeling unsafe at or on the way to or from school are significantly and positively associated with all three mechanisms of delinquent coping among both frequent and infrequent social network users.

scholarly journals Stressful Life Events and Negative Emotions on Delinquency Among Korean Youth: An Empirical Test of General Strain Theory Assessing Longitudinal Mediation Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujung Cho ◽  
Jordan Galehan
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
General Strain Theory ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Delinquent Behaviors ◽  
Longitudinal Mediation ◽  
General Strain ◽  
Korean Youth

The current study examines the extent to which the argument of Agnew’s general strain theory extends to a sample of South Korean youth to be able to explain the hypothesized direct and indirect/mediated effects of negative emotions derived from various negative life experiences of strain on delinquent behaviors. These experiences can include bullying victimization, parental abuse, poor friend quality, and poor physical functioning. Data for this study were compiled from the Korean Welfare Panel Study (KOWEPS), which is a longitudinal study among 7,027 Korean households surveyed from 2006 through 2012. This study utilizes the longitudinal mediation models for temporal precedence. Results reveal that adolescents with poor-quality friends during the previous year are more likely to engage in later delinquency, and adolescents who experience bullying victimization, child abuse, and poor friendship quality during the previous year are more likely to later feel negative emotions. Furthermore, early feelings of negative emotions are significantly related to later delinquent behaviors and partially mediate the link between poor friend quality and later delinquent behaviors. Finally, bullying victimization, child abuse, and poor friend quality generated negative emotions, which led to a greater likelihood of delinquent behavior later.

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