The purpose of the current study was to examine how perceived parental bonding indirectly affects bullying perpetration through adolescent psycho-emotional states. Using structural equation modeling, the authors tested a comprehensive model, wherein lack of parental caring was associated with increased adolescent anxiety and suppressed anger, which was associated with a greater risk of bullying perpetration. Data were collected from 669 middle school students (458 males, 211 females) in the southeastern region of South Korea. Participants completed the Korean versions of the Parental Bonding Inventory, Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale, and State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, as well as, the Olweus Bullying Questionnaire. Results demonstrated that parental bonding was negatively associated with adolescent anxiety; adolescent anxiety was positively related to adolescent anger-in; and adolescent anger-in was positively associated with bullying perpetration. Neither adolescent anxiety nor anger-in directly linked the relationship between parental bonding and bullying perpetration. However, the results partially supported the hypothesized model in that maternal parental bonding indirectly influenced bullying perpetration through adolescent anxiety and subsequently through anger-in. Together, the present findings illuminate a potential underlying mechanism that adolescent psycho-emotional states bridge parental bonding and bullying behaviors. Interventions designed to build quality parent-child relationships and emotion regulation strategies may reduce bullying perpetration particularly among adolescents who developed poor bonds with their mothers.

本研究的目的是检验父母亲之间的亲密关系如何通过青少年的心理情感状态间接影响欺凌行为。使用结构方程模型，作者测试了一个综合模型，其中缺乏父母关怀会导致青少年焦虑增加和愤怒被抑制，这会导致更大的欺凌行为。数据收集自韩国东南部地区的669名中学生（458名男性，211名女性）。参与者完成了韩国版的《父母亲结合量表》，《儿童明显的焦虑量表修订版》和《国家特质愤怒表达量表》以及《 Olweus欺凌调查表》。结果表明，父母之间的联系与青少年焦虑呈负相关。青少年焦虑与青少年愤怒情绪呈正相关。青少年的愤怒与欺凌行为正相关。青少年的焦虑和愤怒都没有直接联系父母亲与欺凌行为之间的关系。但是，结果部分支持了假设的模型，因为母亲与父母之间的亲密关系通过青少年焦虑并随后通过愤怒来间接影响欺凌行为。总之，本研究结果阐明了青春期心理情绪状态弥合父母间的纽带和欺凌行为的潜在潜在机制。旨在建立良好的亲子关系和情绪调节策略的干预措施可能会减少欺凌行为，特别是在与母亲之间建立了不良纽带的青少年中。