Bronfenbrenner's Social Ecological Theory Analysis

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Due to its social nature, bullying can be conceptualized within the framework of Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) social-ecological theory (Swearer, Espelage, Koenig, Berry, Collins, & Lembeck, 2012). Bronfenbrenner (1979) suggests that behavior cannot be fully explained by analyzing internal factors alone. Instead, in order to obtain a full understanding of any behavior, a careful examination and understanding of the environment must be achieved. In other words, to understand bullying, one must understand the environmental factors that allow bullying to occur and not exclusively assess the internalizing factors contributing to an individual’s bullying behaviors. Bronfenbrenner’s social-ecological theory (1979) posits that children exist within an environment

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