From victims to aggressors: the link between childhood family abuse and adolescent peer bullying
Childhood abuse is linked to bullying behavior, with loneliness and dysfunctional peer interactions serving as contributing factors. These findings highlight key pathways in the victim-to-perpetrator transition and inform targeted bullying prevention strategies. Future longitudinal research should prioritize clarifying these causal relationships.
Authors
- Fang Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1988-9714)
- Ruoheng Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1449-1339)
- Xiangbin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-9681)
- Zheng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9100-715X)
- Qi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9019-0041)
- Xiangyan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4410-0778)
- Yixin Zhao
Institutions
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (CN)
- Central South University (CN)
- Hunan Normal University (CN)
- South China Normal University (CN)
- Hunan City University (CN)
- National Clinical Research (US)
- Hunan Children's Hospital (CN)
- Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (CN)
- Xiangya Hospital Central South University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychology
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-03407-3
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Central South University
- Xiangya Hospital, Central South University