TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Parental messages, school belonging, social skills, and personal control as predictors of bullying in ethnic minority adolescents
JO  - School mental health
A1  - Vera, Elizabeth M.
A1  - Daskalova, Plamena
A1  - Hill, Lincoln
A1  - Floro, Marissa
A1  - Anderson, Bernasha
A1  - Roche, Meghan
A1  - Aydin, Fatma
A1  - Adams, Kristen
A1  - Camacho, Dan
A1  - Raziuddin, Abdul
A1  - Carr, Andrea
SP  - 347
EP  - 359
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
N2  - While evidence of the mental health effects of bullying has amassed in recent years, less scholarship explores the dynamics of bullying as it manifests in culturally diverse environments. The purpose of this study was to determine how contextual factors influence participation in bullying behaviors in a sample of urban, low-income, ethnic minority students. Using structural equation modeling, researchers tested whether social competence mediates the relationship between (a) parents' messages about aggression, (b) school belonging, (c) personal control and the outcome of bullying. <br><br>RESULTS of the study support evidence for a direct relationship between parental messages and bullying, social skills and bullying, parental messages and social skills, and personal control and social skills. <br><br>FINDINGS also indicate an indirect relationship between personal control and bully perpetration. Implications and directions for future research on contextual factors associated with bullying are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1866-2625
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12310-017-9218-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -