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Overview

Jun Sung Hong is affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with substantial contributions in subfields such as social psychology, clinical psychology, safety research, education, and health.

The scientist's work focuses on a range of topics related to child and adolescent development and safety, including bullying, victimization, aggression, psychosocial and emotional development, youth development, social support, intimate partner and family violence, child abuse and trauma, education discipline and inequality, and the intersection of child development with digital technology.

Recent publications illustrate their focus on adolescent experiences with bullying, mental health, and educational outcomes. Key papers include:

  • "DNT LET 'EM H8 U!": Applying the routine activity framework to understand cyberhate victimization among adolescents across eight countries (2020), published in Computers & Education
  • Understanding Protective Factors for Suicidality and Depression Among U.S. Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: Implications for School Psychologists (2021), published in School Psychology Review
  • Gender-Specific Pathways between Face-to-Face and Cyber Bullying Victimization, Depressive Symptoms, and Academic Performance among U.S. Adolescents (2020), published in Child Indicators Research
  • Bullying as a Developmental Precursor to Sexual and Dating Violence Across Adolescence: Decade in Review (2021), published in Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • Associations between Student-Teacher Relationship Quality, Class Climate, and Bullying Roles: A Bayesian Multilevel Multinomial Logit Analysis (2022), published in Victims & Offenders

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, notably Dorothy L. Espelage, Dexter R. Voisin, Anthony A. Peguero, Robert Thornberg, and Alberto Valido. These collaborations reflect shared interests in violence, bullying, and adolescent development.

Jun Sung Hong has published in a variety of academic venues, with a notable concentration of work appearing in:

  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • UNC Libraries
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

The scientist has contributed to the scholarly literature through book publications as well. One known book publication is "School Bullying," released by Springer International Publishing in 2020, which has received citations within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • A review of research on bullying and peer victimization in school: An ecological system analysis☆

    Jun Sung Hong;Dorothy L. Espelage

  • Social Media as a Vector for Youth Violence: A Review of the Literature

    Desmond Upton Patton;Jun Sung Hong;Megan Ranney;Sadiq Patel

  • Risk and Protective Factors for Homophobic Bullying in Schools: An Application of the Social–Ecological Framework

    Jun Sung Hong;James Garbarino

  • Contemporary heterosexism on campus and psychological distress among LGBQ students: the mediating role of self-acceptance

    Michael R. Woodford;Alex Kulick;Brandy R. Sinco;Jun S ung Hong

  • Family violence, bullying, fighting, and substance use among adolescents: A longitudinal mediational model.

    Dorothy L. Espelage;Sabina Low;Mrinalini A. Rao;Jun S. Hong

  • Students’ Perceptions of Unsafe Schools: An Ecological Systems Analysis

    Jun Sung Hong;Mary Keegan Eamon

  • Understanding factors associated with bullying and peer victimization in Chinese schools within ecological contexts

    Hui Huang;Jun Sung Hong;Dorothy L. Espelage

  • An Ecological Understanding of Kinship Foster Care in the United States

    Jun Sung Hong;Carl L. Algood;Yu Ling Chiu;Stephanie Ai Ping Lee

  • Maltreatment of children with developmental disabilities: An ecological systems analysis

    Carl L. Algood;Jun Sung Hong;Ruby M. Gourdine;Abigail B. Williams

  • The social ecology of adolescent-initiated parent abuse: A review of the literature

    Jun Sung Hong;Michael J. Kral;Dorothy L. Espelage;Paula Allen-Meares

  • A Systematic Review of Research Strategies Used in Qualitative Studies on School Bullying and Victimization

    Desmond Upton Patton;Jun Sung Hong;Sadiq Patel;Michael J. Kral

  • Associations Between Peer Victimization and Academic Performance

    Dorothy L. Espelage;Jun Sung Hong;Mrinalini A. Rao;Sabina Low

  • Classroom relationship qualities and social-cognitive correlates of defending and passive bystanding in school bullying in Sweden: A multilevel analysis.

    Robert Thornberg;Linda Wänström;Jun Sung Hong;Dorothy L. Espelage

  • Identifying Potential Mediators and Moderators of the Association between Child Maltreatment and Bullying Perpetration and Victimization in School.

    Jun Sung Hong;Dorothy L. Espelage;Andrew Grogan-Kaylor;Paula Allen-Meares

  • Exposure to violence, student fear, and low academic achievement: African American males in the critical transition to high school

    Desmond Upton Patton;Michael E. Woolley;Jun Sung Hong

  • Kinship foster care and the risk of juvenile delinquency

    Joseph P. Ryan;Jun Sung Hong;Denise Herz;Pedro M. Hernandez

  • Understanding suicide among sexual minority youth in America: An ecological systems analysis

    Jun Sung Hong;Dorothy L. Espelage;Michael J. Kral

  • Parenting Success and Challenges for Families of Children with Disabilities: An Ecological Systems Analysis

    Carl L. Algood;Cynthia Harris;Jun Sung Hong

  • Cyberbullying Prevention and Intervention Efforts: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

    Dorothy L. Espelage;Jun Sung Hong

  • Pathways from bullying perpetration, victimization, and bully victimization to suicidality among school-aged youth: a review of the potential mediators and a call for further investigation

    Jun Sung Hong;Michael J. Kral;Paul R. Sterzing

  • Social skills training and parent education programs for aggressive preschoolers and their parents in South Korea

    Min-Jung Kim;Hyun-Sim Doh;Jun Sung Hong;Mi-Kyung Choi

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorothy L. Espelage
Dorothy L. Espelage University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anthony A. Peguero
Anthony A. Peguero Arizona State University
Robert Thornberg
Robert Thornberg Linköping University
Simon C. Hunter
Simon C. Hunter Glasgow Caledonian University
Todd D. Little
Todd D. Little Texas Tech University
Tiziana Pozzoli
Tiziana Pozzoli University of Padua
James Garbarino
James Garbarino Cornell University
Gianluca Gini
Gianluca Gini University of Padua
Michele L. Ybarra
Michele L. Ybarra Johns Hopkins University
Jessica M. Sales
Jessica M. Sales Emory University

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