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Extracurricular activities and bullying perpetration and victimisation in early and middle adolescence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2022

Jun Sung Hong Open the ORCID record for Jun Sung Hong [Opens in a new window] ,
Eun-Jee Song ,
Kevin Tan Open the ORCID record for Kevin Tan [Opens in a new window] ,
Anthony A. Peguero Open the ORCID record for Anthony A. Peguero [Opens in a new window] ,
Yejin Sohn  and
Dorothy L. Espelage Open the ORCID record for Dorothy L. Espelage [Opens in a new window]
Jun Sung Hong*
Affiliation:
Wayne State University, School of Social Work, Detroit, Michigan, USA Ewha Womans University, Department of Social Welfare, Seoul, South Korea
Eun-Jee Song
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Kevin Tan
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Anthony A. Peguero
Affiliation:
T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Yejin Sohn
Affiliation:
Ohio University, Survivor Advocacy Program, Athens, Ohio, USA
Dorothy L. Espelage
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Education, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The present study examined the association between adolescents’ extracurricular activities and bullying perpetration and victimisation. The sample was drawn from the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health dataset. Analyses included descriptive statistics and logistic regression for the early adolescent and middle adolescent groups. Among early adolescents, sports were negatively associated with victimisation. Participation in clubs/organisations, organised activities or lessons, and community services were negatively associated, while employment was positively related to bullying perpetration. Among middle adolescents, all extracurricular activities were negatively related to victimisation. As for bullying perpetration, organised activities or lessons and community services were negatively associated with bullying. The study highlights the potential for sport and extracurricular involvement as ways to possibly deter bullying perpetration and victimisation. Future research should consider these associations longitudinally.

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Bullyingextracurricular activitiessportsvictimisationvolunteer
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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , December 2023 , pp. 134 - 145
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Jun Sung Hong and Eun-Jee Song contributed equally and are co-first authors.

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