Parental Supervision and School Bullying among Adolescents: A Multiple Mediation Analysis

Introduction/Objective This study focused on parental supervision of school bullying among adolescents, examining mediating psychological mechanisms. Aggression, delinquent friends, and violent media were identified as mediators to examine the multiple mediating effects of parental monitoring on school bullying. Method To test the model using a cross-sectional design, this study surveyed 467 middle school and 641 high school students. It utilized covariance-based structural equation modeling to analyze the structural relationships among the variables. Results The results showed that parental supervision was not significantly related to adolescent school bullying but was indirectly and negatively associated with it through adolescent violent media use, delinquent peer associations, and aggression. Discussion This finding indicates that parental monitoring of children may be an important factor in shielding adolescents from school bullying by mitigating their exposure to risk environments and negative effects, as well as conduct problems.This finding indicates that parental monitoring of children may be an important factor in shielding adolescents from school bullying by mitigating their exposure to risky environments, negative effects, and conduct problems. Conclusion Based on the findings, this study advocates for parental supervision as a major factor in the prevention of school bullying. It offers practical suggestions and directions for future research on enhancing parent education programs to include parents, with specific guidance on adolescent media consumption, the use of interventions for peer relations, and the drafting of counselling protocols for the special handling of aggression.