Rate of Parental Violence Up to Four Times Higher Among Adolescents with School Violence Experience
"Overlapping Perpetrator-Victim" Group Shows Especially Concerning Risk
A recent study has found that 3 out of 10 adolescents who have experienced school violence have committed verbal or physical violence against their parents. As it becomes evident that violence and frustration experienced at school can lead to violence at home, there are growing calls for social support and intervention beyond individual efforts.
On December 25, Yonhap News cited the education sector and reported the findings of a research team from Yonsei University-Shin Naeun, Kang Hyunji, and Kim Yohan-published in Volume 36, Issue 4 of the Korean Journal of Youth Studies. The paper, titled "The Impact of School Violence Experience on Adolescent Violence Toward Parents," presented these survey results.
The research team conducted a survey of 1,552 adolescents aged 13 to 18. According to the survey, 495 respondents, or 31.9% of the total, reported having experienced school violence. Among them, the group that had both perpetrated and suffered violence-referred to as the "overlapping experience" group-was the largest at 17.1% (265 individuals). Those who had only experienced victimization accounted for 9.7% (151 individuals), while those who had only perpetrated violence made up 5.1% (79 individuals).
Notably, the study found a clear link between experiencing school violence and increased aggression toward parents. Among adolescents who had experienced school violence, 30.1% said they had committed violence against their parents-more than three times the rate for those with no school violence experience (9.4%).
In particular, the rate of parental violence in the overlapping experience group was 38.9%, nearly four times higher than that of the group with no school violence experience. Among those who had only experienced victimization, 21.9% reported violence against parents, while 16.5% of those who had only perpetrated violence said the same.
Verbal abuse was the most common type of violence directed at parents. Of the 1,552 parents surveyed, 16.0% (248 individuals) said they had experienced violence from their children, with "harsh language or swearing" being the most frequently cited at 11.9%. This was followed by property damage (6.1%), forceful shoving (5.7%), throwing objects (4.8%), and physical assault such as punching or kicking (3.7%).
The research team analyzed, "Adolescents who have both suffered and perpetrated school violence are more likely to transfer their unresolved pain and frustration to their parents, who are relatively safe and close targets."
They further emphasized, "Those with overlapping experiences of perpetration and victimization should be recognized as a separate high-risk group, and interventions for school violence should be expanded from focusing solely on the individual student to include support systems for the entire family, including parents."
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