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Proposing and testing the pathways from bullying victimization to bringing a weapon to school
Jun Sung Hong1,2, Leyi Zhuang3, Robert Thornberg4
1School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Objective:
The current study examined whether bullying victimization was associated with bringing a weapon to school, fully or partly mediated by feeling unsafe in school, negative future education orientation, and skipping school.
Method:
Data from 6199 students (12-18 years old), who had filled out the 2017 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, were analyzed.
Results:
The results showed a positive association between bullying victimization and bringing a weapon to school. The link was both direct and indirect through the mediating roles of feeling unsafe in school, having a negative future education orientation, and skipping school.
Conclusion:
Thus, victims of bullying tended to feel unsafe in school, have a negative future education orientation, and skip school-all of which were positively associated with bringing a weapon to school.
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