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Parenting at home and bullying at school

As we have already heard a lot about the connection between the relationship of parents and whether their kid is a bully or a victim at school, the article I found from Georgiou & Stavrinides (2013) focuses on parent-child dynamics in its focus. Other research often focuses primarily on parenting styles. Here, they found that a parent-child conflict was the strongest predictor of bullying and victimization. Besides that, the more conflict a child had with their parents, the more likely they were to be involved in bullying, either as perpetrator or victim. Another finding was that child disclosure correlated with bullying but not with victimization. Children who voluntarily shared their school experiences with their parents were less likely to bully others. On this point, I thought maybe another variable could mediate this connection, like a relationship. Parental monitoring was not related to either bullying or victimization. Conflict and child disclosure explained a modest but statistically significant portion of bullying behavior.

Victimization was predicted only by parent–child conflict. I thought this study was interesting to read. What did you think about this finding?


Source:

Georgiou, S.N., Stavrinides, P. Parenting at home and bullying at school. Soc Psychol Educ 16, 165–179 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-012-9209-z


Sophia Allgeyer

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  1. hannah nysApril 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM

    I found your summary really eye-opening. It's sometimes surprising to realize in which contexts bullying can occur. Growing up in a warm and supportive family myself, it's hard for me to imagine these kinds of scenarios where conflict at home can lead to bullying behavior at school. That's why I think it's so important that research like this highlights these dynamics. It shows that bullying can take many different forms and can have roots in places we might not immediately think of. I'm glad you brought this up it really broadens the conversation around what causes bullying and how we might better prevent it. - Hannah Nys

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  2. ÀgataMay 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM

    The child disclosure factor is interesting, it could be that by disclosing school events parents are able to give feedback that makes kids relationships better. And at the same time, children who are open to their parents probably have a good relationship with them. So parent-child conflict and disclosure factors are provably related. Thanks for sharing, Sophia!
    Àgata Geronès

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