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Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education | ISSN: 2161-0711 | Volume 8

Medical Sociology & Public Health

World Congress on

Public health and Epidemic diseases

International Conference on

September 21-22, 2018 | Dallas, USA

The association of violence victimization experiences in childhood with school bullying victimization

among Korean adolescents in out-of-home care

Hyunah Kang

Sookmyung Women’s University, Korea

revious literature reported that children in out-of-home care have higher risks to be exposed to various violence-related trauma,

such as abuse and neglect, family violence and community violence than the general population (Kang, Chung, Chun, Nho, &

Woo, 2017). The exposure to violence in childhood would affect the belief endorsing violence and aggressive and delinquent behaviors

in adolescence (Low & Espelage, 2014; Schwartz & Proctor, 2000). Moreover, it is a concern that increased aggression is shown to

be one of the risk factors for bullying by peers (Schwartz, McFadyen-Ketchum, Dodge, Pettit, & Bates, 1999). Therefore, the main

purpose of this study is to examine whether the childhood violence victimization experiences affect school violence victimization

of Korean adolescents in care through aggression. For the study purpose, the data of 460 adolescents in out-of-home care were

analyzed. The data were derived from the first and second wave of the Panel Study on Korean Children in Out-of-Home Care,

nationally representative and only longitudinal data of Korean children in care. At the first panel survey in 2011, the adolescents at

the age of 11 or 12 were asked if they had experienced particular negative and traumatic events in their childhood, including violence

victimization, before they entered out-of-home care. Violence victimization events subcategorized into two types: direct violence

victimization and indirect violence victimization. As an analytic method, structural equation modeling was utilized. The results of the

confirmatory analysis showed good model fit (χ2=61.577, p< .001, df=31; GFI= .976, CFI=.984, TLI= .977, RMSEA=.043) and each

measuring variable was loaded on their latent constructs (violence victimization, aggression and school bullying victimization) at the

level of p<.001. The structural model found that violence experiences impacted bullying victimization through aggression. Based on

the results, practice implications for Korean adolescents in care are discussed.

J Community Med Health Educ 2018, Volume 8

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711-C4-042