IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jscscx/v8y2019i1p12-d195875.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Mothers’ Perceptions of the Phenomenon of Bullying among Young Children in South Korea

Author

Listed:
  • Hyun-jung Ju

    (Department of Early Childhood Education, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 712-749, Korea)

  • Seung-ha Lee

    (Department of Early Childhood Education, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 712-749, Korea)

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate mothers’ different perspectives on bullying in early childhood. Twelve mothers having children under eight years old were interviewed in South Korea. All the interviews were transcribed in Korean and analyzed using Nvivo. The constant comparison method was used to analyze the data. The results showed six themes consisting of categories: (1) concept of bullying (2) difficulty in defining bullying in early childhood, (3) difficulty in telling other mothers about bullying, (4) children who do not reveal their experiences, (5) ways to be aware of bullying, and (6) mothers’ concern. Categories were sometimes divided into subcategories. Findings showed that mothers seemed to view bullying differently, and that relationships among them contributed to differences in their perspectives on bullying. Mothers’ relationships also interacted with children’s relationships. Children were unlikely to tell their victimization experiences, due to certain reasons. These findings can contribute to understanding the nature of bullying in early childhood, increasing the social awareness of bullying among young children, and emphasizing the need for intervention/prevention programs.

Suggested Citation

  • Hyun-jung Ju & Seung-ha Lee, 2019. "Mothers’ Perceptions of the Phenomenon of Bullying among Young Children in South Korea," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-18, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:8:y:2019:i:1:p:12-:d:195875
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/8/1/12/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/8/1/12/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Hong, Yea-Ji & Lee, Kangyi, 2019. "The effect of parenting stress on social interactive parenting with a focus on Korean employed mothers' parenting support from ecological contexts," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 308-315.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Raúl Navarro & Elisa Larrañaga & Santiago Yubero & Beatriz Víllora, 2022. "Families, Parenting and Aggressive Preschoolers: A Scoping Review of Studies Examining Family Variables Related to Preschool Aggression," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-34, November.
    2. Seung-ha Lee, 2020. "Kindergarten Teachers’ Perspectives on Young Children’s Bullying Roles in Relation to Dominance and Peer Relationships: A Short-Term Longitudinal Approach in South Korea," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-24, March.
    3. Seung-ha Lee & Hyun-jung Ju, 2019. "Mothers’ Difficulties and Expectations for Intervention of Bullying among Young Children in South Korea," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-24, March.
    4. Eugene, Danielle R. & Du, Xi & Kim, Youn Kyoung, 2021. "School climate and peer victimization among adolescents: A moderated mediation model of school connectedness and parental involvement," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Eun Jung Kim & Min Jung Cho & Mi Jeong Kim, 2021. "Mothers’ Parenting Stress and Neighborhood Characteristics in Early Childhood (Ages 0–4)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-15, March.
    2. Seung-ha Lee & Hyun-jung Ju, 2019. "Mothers’ Difficulties and Expectations for Intervention of Bullying among Young Children in South Korea," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-24, March.
    3. Sun-Young Ji & Hye-Sun Jung, 2021. "Work–Family Balance among Dual-Earner Couples in South Korea: A Latent Profile Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-17, June.
    4. Kaka Shim & Hyunsook Shin, 2022. "Describing the Ecology of Parenting Based on Preschool Mothers’ Social Relationships in Korea: An Ecological Theory Approach," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-11, November.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:8:y:2019:i:1:p:12-:d:195875. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.