The purpose of this study was to examine how family status and process variables affected the conformity of adolescents with peer group in an effort to find a solution for group bullying that was highlighted as one of the most serious social problems....
The purpose of this study was to examine how family status and process variables affected the conformity of adolescents with peer group in an effort to find a solution for group bullying that was highlighted as one of the most serious social problems. It's basically meant to minimize the evil effects of group bullying and help make it less happen. The subjects in this study were 115 students in three different sixth- year classes at an elementary school in the city of Busan. After a survey was conducted, F-test and correlation analysis were conducted to check the expected impacts of family status and process variables on conformity with group bullying. The findings of the study were as follows: First, the socioeconomic position of the parents of the students investigated was correlated to their conformity with group bullying, but the relationship was insignificant. Second, as for connections between the parenting style of the parents and their conformity with group bullying, the affective parenting style of the parents had no statistically significant correlation to their neutral behavior, but that had a statistically significantly negative correlation to their antisocial behaviors and conformity with group bullying. The hostile, autonomous and controlling parenting styles didn't have any statistically significant correlation to their neutral behavior, antisocial behavior and conformity with group bullying. Third, regarding the relationship of the achievement pressure of the parents to the children's conformity with group bullying, the children whose fathers were professionals or in management posts found their parents to bring them up in an affective manner the most, and the children whose fathers were self-employed considered the parenting style of their parents to be less affective than the others did. But the gap between them was insignificant. The children whose fathers were office workers perceived that they were raised in an hostile manner, but the occupation of the parents made no significant difference to that. The children whose fathers were company employees, professionals and in management posts found themselves to be more controlled than the others did, but the gap between them wasn't significant. The parents who had a larger monthly income and were better educated put a little more achievement pressure on their children, but the gap between them and the others were insignificant. Therefore, there was no relationship between the achievement pressure of the parents and the children's conformity with group bullying. The above-mentioned findings illustrated that family status and process variables didn't have a huge impact on the children's conformity with group bullying. However, children's sound growth will be accelerated if parents bring them up in an ideal manner with less achievement pressure, and their tendency to ostracize others will be on the wane.