• Journal of School Social Work
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• v.45
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• pp.107-133
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• 2019

Cyber-bullying victimization has been on the rise among adolescents while traditional bullying victimization is still a significant problem. However, less is known regarding the overlap between traditional and cyber-bullying victimization. The first aim of this study is to examine the effect of adolescents' experience of traditional and cyber-bullying on suicidal behavior. The second aim is to verify the moderational effect of parent-child positive communication between each type of school victimization and suicidal behavior. Data came from 2,154 adolescents (14-18 years old) attending 13 schools from nationwide in South Korea. The main findings are as follows: First, the number of the traditional bullying victims was 554 (25.7%), the cyber-bullying victims 17 (0.8%), and the victims who experienced both 123 (5.7%). Second, the degree of suicidal behavior was the highest among the victims who experienced the overlap between traditional and cyber-bullying. Third, parent-child positive communication (TSL) worked as a moderator between the school bullying victimization and suicidal behavior among overlap bullying experienced group. Policy and practice implications were suggested based on these results.