Victimization in Korean Schools: The Nature, Incidence, and Distinctive Features of Korean Bullying or <i>Wang-Ta</i>

Koo, Hyojin; Kwak, Keumjoo; Smith, Peter K.

doi:10.1080/15388220801974084

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“…Yet what was not highlighted was the -more positive -finding that only 9.2% of the perpetrators said they had 'punched' another classmate, while only 7.1% of the victims reported to have suffered any kind of 'physical injuries.' Against popular perception, this relatively low rate of physical violence in South Korea has been found in other research (Kim et al, 2004;Koo et al, 2008;Moon et al, 2012).…”

Section: Bullying Becomes Rampantsupporting

confidence: 52%

“…8, No. 2; the victimization rate halved -from 5.8% to 2.9% -when the time frame decreased from 'within a term' to 'within a month (or shorter)' (Koo et al, 2008).…”

Section: Bullying -Power Domination and Submissionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Likewise in South Korea, it has been argued that bullying peaks between the sixth grade and eight grade and then gradually decreases throughout high school (Lee, 2010). And another study found a steady decrease in prevalence rates with each grade level (Koo et al, 2008).…”

Section: Developmental Trajectory Of Bullyingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In South Korea, bullying has been conceptualized as collective ostracism, social exclusion (jipdan ttadollim) and/or peer harassment (gipdan-gorophim) (Ahn, 2002;Lee, 2006). Thus one study found that only a comparatively small proportion of students had been victimized by one student only, with over half of victims claiming they were bullied by 3-5 students and over a quarter by 10 students (Koo, Kwak & Smith, 2008). This finding was seen in contrast to studies from Western societies, which report a higher proportion of one-one-one/two-on-one bullying (see Nansel et al, 2004, cited below).…”

Section: Bullying -Power Domination and Submissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Contemporary History of Bullying & Violence in South Korean Schools

Bax¹

2016

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At the end of 2011 a bully-suicide case set off a wave of public and political concern for and increased sensitivity toward bullying-and-violence in South Korean schools. Following yet another high-profile bully-suicide case in 2013 the issue of school violence was designated a 'social evil,' with punitive-leaning and security-centric measures quickly implemented to try and 'eradicate' bullying-and-violence from South Korean society. During this period a particular discourse emerged -seemingly supported by survey data -claiming violence in schools in recent years has: a) become more pervasive, b) is occurring earlier and, c) like 'gangsters,' violent students are becoming more 'organized.' This paper critically analyzes this discourse by offering a 'history of the present' of school violence in South Korea from the 1950s until the present. Historical, empirical, developmental and international data are used to more accurately situate student-initiated violence, and, at the same time, to call in to question the current perceptions of juvenile delinquency and of juvenile justice.

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Section: Bullying Becomes Rampantsupporting

confidence: 52%

“…8, No. 2; the victimization rate halved -from 5.8% to 2.9% -when the time frame decreased from 'within a term' to 'within a month (or shorter)' (Koo et al, 2008).…”

Section: Bullying -Power Domination and Submissionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Developmental Trajectory Of Bullyingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Bullying -Power Domination and Submissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Contemporary History of Bullying & Violence in South Korean Schools

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2016

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“…In South Korea (Kim, Boyce, Koh, & Leventhal, 2009;Kim et al, 2004;Lee, 2001;Lee & Jun, 2011;Oh, 2014;Shin & Kim, 2014;Yang et al, 2006) boys are significantly more likely than girls to bully their peers. However, girls are more likely than boys to be perpetrators of relational aggression and social exclusion (wang-tta; Koo, Kwak, & Smith, 2008). Patterns concerning peer victimization are more inconsistent.…”

Section: Social-ecological Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Applying the social–ecological framework to explore bully–victim subgroups in South Korean schools.

Hong¹,

Kim²,

Hunter³

2019

Psychology of Violence

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Objective: The present study sought to identify the structure of South Korean student bully and victim groups based upon longitudinal data, and the association of groups with socialecological based factors at the individual (age, sex, father and mothers' educational status, household income, aggression, depression, smoking, drinking, type of family structure), family (neglect, abuse), friend/peer (peer relationships, number of delinquent friends), and school (school activity, school rules, teacher relationship) levels.Method: Participants were 2,284 second year middle school students (50.5% male; Mage = 14.0 years old) who completed the Korea Children and Youth Panel Survey annually for three years.Results: Latent Class Analysis identified victims (4.5%), bullies (2.8%), bully-victims (1%), and uninvolved students (91.8%) across time. At the individual level, compared to uninvolved group, bully-victims and bullies were more likely to smoke and drink alcohol, all subgroups have higher levels of aggression, and bullies and victims were more likely to have depression. At the peer/friend level, victims reported poorer quality peer relationships, and both bully-victims and bullies reported having more delinquent friends. At the school level, victims and bullies reported being less likely to engage in school activities, and bullies and bully-victims reported being less likely to follow school rules. Conclusion:Certain social-ecological variables are relevant risk factors associated with each group of adolescents in South Korea. Our findings call for a holistic intervention strategy which not only addresses bullying but also problems such as smoking and drinking, and depressive symptomatology.

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