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Exploring the Link Between Violence Exposure and Youth Bullying Perpetration: Role of Identities and Social Contexts

Lee, Hyunjune
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5176-9456
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1683650365095841

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2023, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Social Welfare.
This multi-methods dissertation, consisting of a systematic review, quantitative study, and qualitative study, examines and explores the link between violence exposure and bullying perpetration among youth, focusing on the role of youth’s identities and social contexts, such as gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Using Bronfenbrenner’s (1994) social-ecological framework, the systematic review synthesizes the quantitative literature examining the link between violence exposure and traditional and cyberbullying perpetration among youth, with particular attention to the contexts of violence exposure and roles of youth’s identities and social contexts. The review found that most studies reported significant associations between different forms of violence exposure in varying social-ecological systems and traditional/cyberbullying perpetration. Gaps in the literature were found, as none of the studies considered the contexts of violence exposure in their analyses, and only a small number of the studies examined the role of youth’s identities in shaping the link between violence exposure. The findings from the studies that examined the role of identities reflected nuances and complexities, warranting further research. Informed by the social-ecological framework, developmental psychopathology, and hegemonic masculinity framework, the quantitative study used the Future of Families & Child Wellbeing Study data to examine the association between 2 cumulative violence exposure and bullying perpetration among youth, with attention to the roles of sex assigned at birth as a moderator. Greater levels of cumulative violence exposure significantly predicted greater odds of bullying perpetration among adolescents; however, sex assigned at birth did not significantly moderate this relationship. Finally, the qualitative study employs hermeneutic phenomenology to explore the perspectives and lived experiences of eight violence-exposed adolescent boys about the links between masculinity, bullying, and youth’s identities and social contexts. Three themes were drawn from the boys’ stories on masculinity: internalization of the traditional narratives of masculinity, transcending the traditional narratives of masculinity, and growth and maturity. Three themes were drawn regarding the link between boys’ masculinity and bullying: embodiment of heteronormativity and misogyny, power and dominance, and victims to bullies. Finally, boys provided varying perspectives on how race/ethnicity may or may not affect their gender socialization and experience of bullying.
Laura Voith (Committee Chair)
Christopher Burant (Committee Member)
Dana Prince (Committee Member)
Megan Holmes (Committee Member)
171 p.
Social Work
bullying; violence exposure; hegemonic masculinity; intersectionality; social-ecological framework; developmental psychopathology

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  • Lee, H. (2023). Exploring the Link Between Violence Exposure and Youth Bullying Perpetration: Role of Identities and Social Contexts [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1683650365095841

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lee, Hyunjune. Exploring the Link Between Violence Exposure and Youth Bullying Perpetration: Role of Identities and Social Contexts. 2023. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1683650365095841.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lee, Hyunjune. "Exploring the Link Between Violence Exposure and Youth Bullying Perpetration: Role of Identities and Social Contexts." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1683650365095841

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