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June 14, 2026Children and Youth Services ReviewOpen Access

Bullying and cyberbullying victimization in adolescent migrants: emotional adjustment and school belonging as protective factors

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SFSonia Franco-TorresAIAlicia Pérez-de-Albéniz IturriagaA[Adriana Díez-Gómez del Casal [0000-0003-0276-3012]

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Cross-sectional study reveals school belonging and emotional adjustment reduce victimization in migrant adolescents, indicating intervention relevance.

Key Points

  • This study investigates how school belonging and emotional adjustment affect bullying and cyberbullying victimization among migrant adolescents.
  • Cross-sectional design involving 4,014 secondary school students in La Rioja, Spain.
  • Analysis of associations between school belonging, emotional adjustment, and bullying victimization.
  • Adjusted for background factors such as age, gender, SES, and academic performance.
  • Migrant students showed higher bullying (24%) and cyberbullying (69%) victimization rates compared to non-migrants.
  • Higher school belonging and better emotional adjustment correlated with lower victimization risk, regardless of migrant status.
  • Post-adjustment, the differences in victimization rates were significantly reduced.

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Franco-Torres et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2e44a3b1cc60ccdea8a1fehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.109105
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