Journal of Research in Primary and Secondary Education

The group of left-behind youth has become a large group and the number is growing. The left-behind experience may affect the development of adolescents physical and mental health; the bullying behavior is gradually diversified with the form of social development, and the participation rate of adolescents in bullying is also on the rise. The family education method has an important influence on the growth and development of adolescents; at present, there are few studies on the relationship between the left-behind youth bullying behavior and the family parenting style. Paying attention to the relationship between left-behind youth family education and bullying behavior is conducive to optimizing the living environment of left-behind teenagers and helping them to establish good interpersonal relationships, so that they can thrive in body and mind and help maintain social stability. In this study, the Chinese version of the Bullying Behavior Questionnaire and the Parental Parenting Style Scale were used as measurement tools to survey 793 adolescents in the central and western regions, and the data were analyzed through SPSS.19.0. The following conclusions were drawn: (1) Staying behind Adolescent bullying has the following characteristics: same as adolescents and non-left-behind teenagers, bullying is common among left-behind adolescents, and boys are more likely to be involved in bullying. Primary and secondary schools are more likely to be involved in bullying than other age groups. The behavior is more serious. (2) The left-behind youth family rearing style has the following characteristics: similar to adolescents and non-left-behind youths, left-behind adolescents have the same characteristics in gender and age. Boys are more likely to feel negative parenting styles, and primary school seniors are more likely to feel interference protection. In high school and college, the first and second grades are more susceptible to denial. The left-behind youths in different places of origin feel similar in family rearing style; left-behind teenagers feel more negative parenting styles than non-left-behind youths. (3) Left-behind adolescents and adolescents, like non-left-behind teenagers, active family parenting styles will reduce bullying participation, and negative parenting styles will increase bullying participation.

Left-behind youth; Bullying; Parenting style