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Guided by Minority Stress Theory and Social Information Processing Theory, we surveyed 280 autistic undergraduates; 35% identified as SGM. Participants completed validated measures of bullying, minority stress, retaliatory impulse, and related psychosocial factors. Structural equation modeling and multi-group analyses were conducted to evaluate the proposed mediation and moderation patterns while adjusting for gender, grade level, social support, autistic traits, and internet use. The measurement model showed good reliability and convergent validity (Cronbach\u2019s\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f0.84\u20130.89; AVE\u202f=\u202f0.62\u20130.69). Bullying was positively associated with minority stress, which was in turn associated with retaliatory impulses, supporting partial mediation [indirect effect\u202f=\u202f0.42, 95% CI (0.36, 0.50)]. Multi-group results indicated stronger path coefficients in the SGM group (bullying \u2192 stress\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f0.72; stress \u2192 retaliation\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f0.66) than among non-SGM (heterosexual and cisgender) peers, consistent with the possibility that compounded stigma heightens emotional reactivity and defensive processing. Minority stress remained the strongest correlate of retaliatory impulses after covariate adjustment, whereas social support showed a protective association. Taken together, the findings suggest that retaliatory impulses among autistic students are better understood in relation to sustained identity-based exclusion and structural stressors rather than as simple dispositional aggression. The results also imply that effective prevention may require institutional and relational strategies\u2014alongside individual support\u2014such as inclusive curricula, peer sensitization, and policies that strengthen belonging and psychological safety in higher education.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2026.1727508","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,9]],"date-time":"2026-03-09T06:48:05Z","timestamp":1773038885000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Bullying, minority stress and revenge impulse among autistic college students: group differences by sexual and gender minority status"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Wang","family":"Qian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Teacher Education, Weifang University","place":["Weifang, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chunming","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham","place":["Ningbo, China"]},{"name":"School of Food and Health, Guangzhou City Polytechnic","place":["Guangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Baojian","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences","place":["Jinan, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","year":"2012"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"419","DOI":"10.1177\/1362361313477920","article-title":"Risk factors for bullying among children with autism spectrum disorders","volume":"18","author":"Zablotsky","year":"2013","journal-title":"Autism"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"601","DOI":"10.1002\/aur.1568","article-title":"Prevalence of school bullying among youth with autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"9","author":"Ma\u00efano","year":"2016","journal-title":"Autism Res"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"845","DOI":"10.1080\/13603116.2014.981602","article-title":"Bullying of children and adolescents with autism spectrum conditions: a \u201cstate of the field\u201d review","volume":"19","author":"Humphrey","year":"2015","journal-title":"Intern. 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