Correlation of parent-child relationships with junior high school students bullying behaviors and social cohesion

YOU Lijun; LOU Chaohua; YU Chunyan; LIAN Qiguo; FANG Yuhang; TU Xiaowen; ZUO Xiayun

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025212

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YOU Lijun, LOU Chaohua, YU Chunyan, LIAN Qiguo, FANG Yuhang, TU Xiaowen, ZUO Xiayun. Correlation of parent-child relationships with junior high school students bullying behaviors and social cohesion[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(8): 1134-1137. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025212

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YOU Lijun, LOU Chaohua, YU Chunyan, LIAN Qiguo, FANG Yuhang, TU Xiaowen, ZUO Xiayun. Correlation of parent-child relationships with junior high school students bullying behaviors and social cohesion[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(8): 1134-1137. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025212

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YOU Lijun, LOU Chaohua, YU Chunyan, LIAN Qiguo, FANG Yuhang, TU Xiaowen, ZUO Xiayun. Correlation of parent-child relationships with junior high school students bullying behaviors and social cohesion[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(8): 1134-1137. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025212

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Correlation of parent-child relationships with junior high school students bullying behaviors and social cohesion

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025212

School of Public Health, Fudan University/Shanghai Institute of Biomedical Technology/Shanghai Key Laboratory of Disease and Health Genomics/National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Contraceptives and Devices, Shanghai 200237, China

Received Date: 2025-02-20
Rev Recd Date: 2025-05-27

Available Online: 2025-08-30

Publish Date: 2025-08-25

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Objective To examine the association between parent-child relationships and bullying behaviors among junior high school students, and to explore the moderating effect of community cohesion, so as to provide evidences for bullying intervention strategies. Methods From November to December 2017, a cluster sampling method was used to survey 1 589 students in grades 6-8 from three junior high schools in Jing'an District, Shanghai. Anonymous electronic questionnaires collected data on parent-child relationships, community cohesion, and bullying behaviors. Multivariate Logistic regression analyzed the associations and moderation effects. Results The prevalence of bullying behaviors among junior high school students was 7.80%. Spearman correlation analysis revealed negative associations between both parent-child relationships (r=-0.13) and community cohesion (r=-0.10) with bullying behaviors, while parent-child relationships positively correlated with community cohesion (r=0.29) (all P < 0.01). Junior high school students with positive parent-child relationships and higher perceived community cohesion showed lower risks of bullying behaviors (OR=0.51, 95%CI=0.36-0.72; OR=0.58, 95%CI=0.45-0.76), with a significant interaction effect between the two factors (all P < 0.05). Conclusions Positive parent-child relationships and community cohesion are negatively associated with bullying behaviors in middle school students. Supportive family relationships help reduce bullying, while stronger community cohesion enhances the protective effect of positive parent-child relationships against bullying.
- Parent-child relations,
- Violence,
- Community medicine,
- Mental health,
- Regression analysis,
- Students

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