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Fujikawa S, Ando S, Nishida A, Usami S, Koike S, Yamasaki S, Morimoto Y, Toriyama R, Kanata S, Sugimoto N, Sasaki T, Furukawa TA, Hiraiwa-Hasegawa M, Kasai K. J. Adolesc. 2018; 68: 207-216.

Affiliation

Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.07.018

PMID

30130722

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Bullying among adolescents can cause depression and suicidality. Identifying the risk factors for bullying in early adolescence, when its prevalence tends to increase, would assist in its prevention. Although certain parenting styles are known to be associated with bullying, the association of slapping as a parental disciplinary practice with early adolescent bullying is not sufficiently understood. Furthermore, little is known about how warm parenting modifies this association although slapping and warm parenting are not mutually exclusive. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of slapping with the experience of early adolescent bullying--categorized in terms of victims, bullies, and bully-victims--while considering how warm parenting modifies this association.

METHODS: This study used data from the Tokyo Early Adolescence Survey, a cross-sectional survey of 4478 children aged 10 from the general population. Data were collected from both children and their primary parent using self-administered questionnaires and face-to-face interviews. Responses from 4326 participants with no missing data were usable for the current analysis (mean age,  10.2 ± 0.3 years; 53 % boys).

RESULTS: Frequent and occasional slapping was associated with increased odds of youth being identified as bullies or bully-victims, even after adjusting for warm parenting. The likelihood of being victims, bullies or bully-victims increased as the frequency of slapping increased.

CONCLUSION: Disciplinary slapping was associated with increased odds of bullying in early adolescence, regardless of whether warm parenting was present or not.

Copyright © 2018 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


Language: en

Keywords

Adolescence; Bullying; Discipline; Slapping; Tokyo Teen Cohort; Warm parenting

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