Aggressiveness and School-Related Issues among Individuals with Low-Self Control

• In Event: Linkages Between Aggression, Impulse Control, and Bullying Behaviors

Abstract

Bullying victimization has become a central concern for school officials and educational communities. Although all negative consequences of bullying victimization are worthy of study, the relationship between bullying victimization and criminal involvement is especially concerning because it transcends individual negative outcomes. Despite extensive research on bullying and future criminality, there are a number of notable omissions in empirical studies in this area. Specifically, there is relatively little attention paid to the role of school climate in later violent behaviors among Korean adolescents. This relationship is worth further exploration due to the variances in school climate between Asian and Western countries. In this reality, this study is designed to address deficiencies in school bullying victimization research by expanding on a theoretical model of delinquency by Agnew utilizing a South Korean sample of juvenile justice referrals.

Authors

• Youngsun Han, Ministry of Justice, South Korea

• Seokjin Jeong, University of Texas at Arlington

• Jina Lee, Michigan State University