Profiles and transition patterns of bullying and victimization among de facto unattended children in China (opens in new tab)

Bullying and victimization are common and problematic occurrences among disadvantaged children, yet little is known about the stability and changes in their bullying roles. Due to the chronic lack of family guardianship, de facto unattended children in China are a considerably disadvantaged population with limited social support and high risk of externalizing problems. Drawing on the social interactional continuity model and the ecological systems theory, the current study examined the profil...