The experience of school victimization among adolescent adoptees

Bullying victimization by peers has been recognized as a relevant social issue during adolescence as it may be associated with emotional difficul ties, greater psychological distress, and lower academic performance. Despite research on adopted adolescents showed higher levels of inter nalizing problems, lower peer acceptance, fewer prosocial behaviour and close relationships than non-adopted peers, few studies focused on the prevalence of and factors associated with bullying victimization in this group. In order to fill this gap, this contribution is focused on the bullying victimization among adopted adolescent and the associations with their adjustment and well-being, taking into account individual and social risk and protective factors.