TTLA: Bullying Behavior of Middle School Students and Parenting Style

1. Full name of the researcher:Le Thanh Ha2. Gender:Male

3. Date of birth: 19/08/1978                                                  4. Place of birth:Hanoi

5. Decision on recognition of PhD student No.:2999/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 30, 2013 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process:

- Decision No. 244/QD-SDH, dated March 13, 2015 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities on adjusting the title of the doctoral thesis of the graduate student.

- Renewal from 1/1/2017 to 11/30/2018 (23 months)

7. Thesis title:Middle school students' bullying behavior and parental educational styles.

8. Major:Psychology9. Code: 62 31 04 01

10. Scientific instructor:- Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Sinh Phuc

- Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tran Thu Huong

11. Summary of new results of the thesis:

- The thesis has systematized the theoretical basis for research on bullying behavior of secondary school students and parental bullying. On that basis, the thesis has clarified the concept of bullying behavior, the concept of style, parental bullying and parental behaviors towards children such as support, psychological control, and behavioral control.

- Based on the study of domestic and foreign research works, the thesis selected, standardized and applied a set of tools to measure bullying behavior, parental PCGD and the relationship between these two factors to meet the standards of measuring tool design for the research sample.

- The thesis surveyed and evaluated the current status of bullying behavior of middle school students and the PCGD of parents. The results showed that the level of bullying among students was at an average level. The common form of bullying was verbal bullying, while physical bullying and isolation bullying accounted for a low percentage.

- The thesis has shown the correlation between the level of openness of parents in communicating with their children and the children's behavior. The parent-child relationship is negatively correlated with the child's bullying behavior, bullying behavior and positively correlated with the child's pro-social behavior.

- The results also showed that parental behavioral control was negatively correlated with children's bullying and being bullied. The level of parental psychological control was negatively and statistically significantly correlated with the level of children's prosocial behavior.

- For neglectful/indifferent parents, psychological control was positively and strongly correlated with child victimization by bullying, and this correlation was statistically significant with high confidence.

12. Practical application

The research results of the thesis are a useful reference for building family-based school bullying prevention programs.

13. Further research possibilities

Further studies in the thesis will assess the quality of the relationship between fathers and mothers, and the way parents communicate with their children, to gain more insight into the role of parents' influence on bullying behavior.

14. Published works related to the thesis:

1. Le Thanh Ha (2014), “School bullying and the effectiveness of some intervention programs”,Proceedings of the National Conference: Mental Health in Schools, Ho Chi Minh City National University Publishing House, pp.113-125.

2. Le Thanh Ha (2018), “School Bullying - Some Theoretical and Practical Issues”,Proceedings of the National Scientific Conference: Psychology and Sustainable Development, Hong Duc Publishing House, pp.398-406.

3. Le Thanh Ha (2019), “Parent-child relationship and bullying behavior of middle school students”,Journal of Social Psychology(3), pp. 94-205

                                                                     INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name:Le Thanh Ha2. Sex:Male

3. Date of birth: 19/08/1978                                  4. Place of birth:Hanoi

5. Admission decision number:2999/2013/QD-XHNV-SĐH, Dated: December 30, 2013 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process:

- Decision No. 244/QD-XHNV dated March 13, 2015 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities on the change of thesis title for doctoral students.

- Extending study time from January 1, 2017 to November 20, 2018 (23 months)

7. Official thesis title:Bullying behavior of secondary students and their parenting styles

8. Major:Psychology9. Code: 62 31 04 01

10. Supervisors:- Associate Professor. Ph.D. Nguyen Sinh Phuc

- Associate Professor. Ph.D. Tran Thu Huong

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- The thesis has systematized the theoretical basis of research on bullying behaviors of secondary school students and parenting styles. On that basis, the thesis has clarified the concepts of bullying behavior, style, parenting styles and parental behaviors towards children such as support, psychological control, behavior control.

- Based on previous research works, the thesis has selected, standardized and applied a set of tools to measure bullying behavior, parenting styles and the between these two factors which meets the measurement tool design standards for the sample.

- The thesis has surveyed and evaluated the status of bullying behaviors of secondary school students and parenting styles. The results show that the level of students being bullied is average. The most common form of bullying is verbal bullying, while the forms of physical and isolating bullying are low proportion.

- The thesis has pointed out the correlation between parents' openness in communication with their child and child's behaviors. The parent-child relationship is negatively correlated with the child's bullying behavior, bullying behavior and positively correlated with his child's prosocial behavior.

- Research findings also show that behavioral control of parents are negatively correlated with bullying behavior and being bullied in their children. The degree of psychological control of parents is negatively correlated and significantly significant with the extent to which their children have prosocial behaviors.

- For parental neglect / neglect, psychological control is positively and strongly correlated with child being a victim of bullying and this correlation is significantly significant with high confidence.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The thesis's findings are a useful reference for the development of family-based bullying prevention programs.

13. Further research direction, if any:

Future studies of the thesis will assess the quality of the parental relationship, and the way parents communicate with their children may provide insight into the role of parents in their children's bullying and bullying behavior.

14. Thesis - related publications:

1. Le Thanh Ha (2014), “School bullying and effectiveness of some intervention programs”,National Workshop Proceedings: Mental Health in Shool, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City Publishing House, pp. 113 – 125.

2. Le Thanh Ha (2018), "School bullying - Some theoretical and practical issues",National Workshop Proceedings: Psychology and Sustainable Development, Hong Duc Publishing House, pp. 398-406.

3. Le Thanh Ha (2019), "Parent - child relations and bullying behavior of secondary school students",VASP Journal of Social Psychology(3), pp. 94-205.