Effects of Parental Involvement on Experiences of Discrimination and Bullying

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between parental involvement and their children being picked on or bullied and being discriminated against based on their race during their elementary and secondary school years. The influence of parental involvement on academic achievement during that period was also examined. Specific aspects of parental involvement and an overall parental involvement variable were examined. Two different samples were examined. The first sample was made up of 139 college students, and the second sample consisted of 102 seventh to 12th grade students. Analysis of variance and logistic regression analysis were used. The results indicated that higher levels of parental involvement were associated with higher academic achievement among their children. However, the remainder of the analyses showed mixed results with the effects of parental involvement emerging as more robust with the college sample than for the 7th to 12th grade sample. Overall, it does appear that parental involvement is somewhat related to a lower incidence of children being picked on and discriminated against.

Attachment to Parents and Peers as a Parameter of Bullying and Victimization

“…Maladaptive parental involvement [28] and authoritarian parental style [11] have been shown to predict aggressive behavior in children and adolescents. On the other hand, low family involvement [29], permissive parental style, and maternal overprotectiveness [11,15] predict peer victimization.…”

Understanding Responses to Bullying From the Parent Perspective

“…Only recently has research begun to recognize the unique position of parents to address bullying. Parents act not only as a protective factor (Jeynes, 2008;Lereya et al, 2013), but as a resource, to offer strategies to prevent bullying. Parent involvement is also associated with lower rates of bullying (Jeynes, 2008).…”

“…Parents act not only as a protective factor (Jeynes, 2008;Lereya et al, 2013), but as a resource, to offer strategies to prevent bullying. Parent involvement is also associated with lower rates of bullying (Jeynes, 2008). Bullying interventions are needed at home and in school and must involve parents, school staff, and children.…”

Family Incarceration and Bullying Among Urban African American Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Exposure to Delinquent Peer Norms, Trauma, and Externalizing Behaviors

“…It has been documented that parents and the broader family environment are powerful socializing forces that can significantly influence youth behaviors, including bullying perpetration (Chen & Cheng, 2013; Coelho, Sousa, Marchante, Brás, & Romão, 2016; Cook, Williams, Guerra, Kim, & Sadek, 2010; Richard, Schneider, & Mallet, 2012; Von Marées & Petermann, 2010). Parents and other adults within the home can model or monitor behaviors that can either advance or restrain adolescent bullying behaviors (Flouri & Buchanan, 2003; Jeynes, 2008; Sheridan, Warnes, & Dowd, 2004). However, to date, only one study explored from a sample of 61 children of an incarcerated parent, aged 7 to 13 years, how living in a home where adult family members had been arrested might be correlated with bullying behaviors (Myers et al, 2013).…”