TY - JOUR
T1 - Cyberbullying victimisation and school dropout intention among South Korean adolescents
T2 - the moderating role of peer/teacher support
AU - Lee, Jungup
AU - Chun, Jong Serl
AU - Kim, Jinyung
AU - Lee, Jieun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
PY - 2020/7/2
Y1 - 2020/7/2
N2 - Using the social-ecological approach, this study examined the link between cyberbullying victimisation and the intention to drop out of school among school-aged adolescents in South Korea. This study used self-reported data from 11,132 students aged 10–19 who had participated in the 2016 Korean Children and Youth Rights Study. Multivariate logistic regressions were performed to investigate the relationship between cyberbullying victimisation, social-ecological variables, and school dropout intention. In Step 1, cyberbullying victimisation was positively associated with students’ intention to drop out. All family factors (Step 2) and peer/school factors (Step 3) were significantly associated with the intention to drop out, except for peer victimisation. In Step 4, higher levels of peer/teacher support were found to buffer the association between cyberbullying victimisation and dropout intention. Findings from the study suggest that specific prevention and intervention programmes should be developed and implemented to improve adolescents’ well-being.
AB - Using the social-ecological approach, this study examined the link between cyberbullying victimisation and the intention to drop out of school among school-aged adolescents in South Korea. This study used self-reported data from 11,132 students aged 10–19 who had participated in the 2016 Korean Children and Youth Rights Study. Multivariate logistic regressions were performed to investigate the relationship between cyberbullying victimisation, social-ecological variables, and school dropout intention. In Step 1, cyberbullying victimisation was positively associated with students’ intention to drop out. All family factors (Step 2) and peer/school factors (Step 3) were significantly associated with the intention to drop out, except for peer victimisation. In Step 4, higher levels of peer/teacher support were found to buffer the association between cyberbullying victimisation and dropout intention. Findings from the study suggest that specific prevention and intervention programmes should be developed and implemented to improve adolescents’ well-being.
KW - Cyberbullying victimisation
KW - South Korean adolescents
KW - peer/teacher support
KW - school dropout intention
KW - social-ecological model
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086834750&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02185385.2020.1774409
DO - 10.1080/02185385.2020.1774409
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086834750
VL - 30
SP - 195
EP - 211
JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Social Work
JF - Asian Pacific Journal of Social Work
SN - 0218-5385
IS - 3
ER -