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- Title
Parenting practices as a buffer in the relationship between exposure to community violence and bullying in Mexican adolescents.
- Authors
Valdés‐Cuervo, Angel Alberto; Parra‐Pérez, Lizeth Guadalupe; Yañez‐Quijada, Adrian Israel; Reyes‐Rodríguez, Ana Carolina
- Abstract
Multiple studies have shown that adolescents exposed to community violence are likely to engage in bullying behaviors. However, we still need to understand which variables can help reduce the influence of community violence exposure (CVE) on bullying. To investigate this question, a study was conducted with a sample of 568 Mexican adolescents, comprising 276 (48.6%) males and 292 (51.4%) females aged 12 to 16 years old (M age = 13.7 years, SD = 0.82). The study examined how parental support (PS) and parental induction to justice sensitivity (JS) can moderate the relationship between CVE and bullying. The study used structural equation modeling with latent variables. The results showed that CVE was positively associated with bullying, whereas PS and the induction to perpetrator JS were negatively associated. The moderation analysis suggests that the relationship between CVE and bullying was weaker among adolescents who received high PS. On the other hand, low and high parental induction to JS had the same moderating effect. Based on the findings, parental practices are critical when developing preventive programs to reduce the harmful effects of CVE on bullying behavior.
- Subjects
BULLYING; SCHOOL bullying; VIOLENCE in the community; MEXICANS; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; SOCIAL influence; LATENT variables
- Publication
Journal of Community Psychology, 2024, Vol 52, Issue 6, p705
- ISSN
0090-4392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jcop.23126