Associations between Body Weight and Bullying among South Korean Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Seung-Gon; Yun, Ilhong; Kim, Jae-Hong
Titel	Associations between Body Weight and Bullying among South Korean Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 36 (2016) 4, S.551-574 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431615577204
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Body Weight; Bullying; Middle School Students; Schematic Studies; Gender Differences; Obesity; Measures (Individuals); Social Experience; Predictor Variables; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Multivariate Analysis; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Körpergewicht; Mobbing; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schematheorie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Adipositas; Messdaten; Soziale Erfahrung; Prädiktor; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Multivariate Analyse; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Most previous studies on the association between bullying and body weight were performed using North American or White samples from Western countries. The present study is the first empirical endeavor to examine whether such an association exists in a sample of adolescents from East Asia. Specifically, the authors examined the associations between body weight and bully/victim experiences among a sample of 805 male and 835 female middle school students in South Korea using a questionnaire survey. Results showed that overweight male students were more likely to both physically bully others and be physically victimized by peers in comparison with normal weight boys. However, no association was observed with regard to verbal or relational bully/victim experiences. For female students, body weight was not associated with any types of bully/victim experiences. These findings disparate from prior Western studies highlight the importance of considering cultural and historical contextual factors when attempting to understand the linkage between bullying and body weight among adolescents. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01