The Impact of Environmental Factors on Adolescents’ Involvement in School Bullying
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School bullying; adolescents; family; social environment.Abstract
This article analyzes the environmental factors contributing to adolescents’ school bullying involvement. Compared with internal factors such as psychosocial factors, environmental factors are more likely to be manipulated, so the study of environmental factors of school bullying is of profound practical significance for the prevention and control of school bullying. Through systematic analysis and conclusion of relevant literature on environmental factors that cause school bullying in Google Scholar, these environmental factors are frequently influencing aspects of bullying, such as social context: (immigration issues, poor academic achievements, low socioeconomic status, community, and inferiority), school: (physical, emotional, and social environment), peer influence: (normative social influence and group think), family: (family economic conditions, parental conflict and the quality of the family environment and family-of-origin parenting styles). Those environmental factors that have potential negative effects on the physical and mental health of adolescents are revealed so as to offer insight into finding feasible ways to reduce campus violence.
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