This study addresses how health-related factors such as physique, exercise frequency, self-evaluated health, disease history, injury frequency, and stress affect school violence victimization among S. Korean youths, based on the opportunity theories. ...
This study addresses how health-related factors such as physique, exercise frequency, self-evaluated health, disease history, injury frequency, and stress affect school violence victimization among S. Korean youths, based on the opportunity theories. The topic was examined using the cross-sectional data of the 2009 Survey of Youths`` Rights executed by National Youth Policy Institute. The data are composed of 6,601 middle and high school male and female students nationwide. The findings show the health-related vulnerability predictors such as fat-physique, self-evaluated health, injury frequency, and stress have significant influences on victimization. Routine activities theory variables such as parents`` apathy, cyber-delinquency, running away from home, and dangerous activities also have significant effects on victimization. And male and younger students are more likely to be victimized than their counterparts.