How do physical health problems of Korean adolescents in out-of-home care affect their psychosocial adaptations? The mediation of bullying victimization experiences

Hyunah Kang, JongSerl Chun, Choong Rai Nho, Seokjin Woo and Ick-Joong Chung

Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, vol. 94, issue C, 670-678

Abstract: •Children in out-of-home care are known to suffer from various physical health problems.•Poor health status would force the children in care into vulnerable positions of being bullied at school.•The study data are obtained from the Panel Study on Korean Children in Out-of-Home Care.•The study finds that physical health problems negatively affect self-esteem, depression and anxiety, and social withdrawal.•The influence of physical health problems is mediated on depression and anxiety through bullying victimization.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.09.010

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