Abstract

Focusing on the overlap and dynamics of bullying experiences during adolescence, this study investigated the developmental patterns and characteristics of verbal, relational, and physical bullying experiences among Korean adolescents. A latent transition analysis was conducted on the data of 2,498 participants in the elementary panel of the Seoul Education Longitudinal Study. The results of the analysis are as follows. First, we found five types of school-violence experiences in adolescence: uninvolved, aggressors, victims, verbally aggressive victims, and verbal-relational-physical aggressive victims. Second, we found that the proportion of the uninvolved group increases rapidly as the grade level increases. Third, we identified sex differences and protective factors against bullying. Based on these findings, the implications and limitations of this study are discussed.