Social bonds, Internet usage time and bullying involvement: A study of rural secondary school students in China.

School bullying is a prevalent problem affecting adolescents globally, which has been linked to the qualities of social bonds. In addition to the conventional environments such as families, peers and schools, the Internet is notably rising as a new living space for young students. Given that rural C...

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Published in:Child & Family Social Work Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 26 - 37
Main Authors: Liu, Tingting, Li, Tianliang
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2025
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          Liu, Tingting
          Li, Tianliang
        affil: School of Sociology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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          Bullying Prevention and Control
          Bullying Risk Factors
          Internet Utilization
          Support, Social
          Schools, Secondary
          Students, High School Psychosocial Factors
          Rural Population Psychosocial Factors
          Attachment Behavior Evaluation
          Parent-Child Relations Evaluation
          Peer Group Evaluation
          Interpersonal Relations Evaluation
          Risk Assessment
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Adolescence
          China
          Random Sample
          One-Way Analysis of Variance
          Logistic Regression
          Models, Theoretical
          Time Factors
          Questionnaires
          Data Analysis Software
          Descriptive Statistics
          Funding Source
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: School bullying is a prevalent problem affecting adolescents globally, which has been linked to the qualities of social bonds. In addition to the conventional environments such as families, peers and schools, the Internet is notably rising as a new living space for young students. Given that rural China has witnessed outstanding phenomena of bullying and Internet use among adolescents, the present study particularly examined how parental attachment, peer attachment, school connectedness and Internet usage time were associated with their experiences of being a bully, victim or bully victim, based on a sample of 2211 students from 25 rural secondary schools across three provinces of China. Results showed that those reporting bullying, victimization and both accounted for 30.0%, 64.6% and 26.2% of the whole sample, respectively. Multiple logistic regression analyses further revealed that maternal attachment, peer attachment and school connectedness were negatively associated with the odds of bullying involvement, whereas Internet usage time was positively associated with the odds of bullying involvement. The findings suggest the significance of building a comprehensive system for preventing school bullying in rural China, with a particular emphasis on strengthening family–school collaboration and effective guidance of Internet use.
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