Bystander behavior in bullying situations: Empathy, moral disengagement and defender self-efficacy
(2013) In Journal of Adolescence 36(3). p.475-483- Abstract
- The aim of the present study was to investigate how basic moral sensitivity in bullying, moral disengagement in bullying and defender self-efficacy were related to different bystander behaviors in bullying. Therefore, we examined pathways that linked students’ basic moral sensitivity, moral disengagement, and defender self-efficacy to different bystander behaviors in bullying situations. Three hundred and forty-seven teenagers completed a bullying survey. Findings indicated that compared with boys, girls expressed higher basic moral sensitivity in bullying, lower defender self-efficacy and moral disengagement in bullying. Results from the SEM showed that basic moral sensitivity in bullying was negatively related to pro-bully behavior and... (More)
- The aim of the present study was to investigate how basic moral sensitivity in bullying, moral disengagement in bullying and defender self-efficacy were related to different bystander behaviors in bullying. Therefore, we examined pathways that linked students’ basic moral sensitivity, moral disengagement, and defender self-efficacy to different bystander behaviors in bullying situations. Three hundred and forty-seven teenagers completed a bullying survey. Findings indicated that compared with boys, girls expressed higher basic moral sensitivity in bullying, lower defender self-efficacy and moral disengagement in bullying. Results from the SEM showed that basic moral sensitivity in bullying was negatively related to pro-bully behavior and positively related to outsider and defender behavior, mediated by moral disengagement in bullying, which in turn was positively related to pro-bully behavior and negatively related to outsider and defender behavior. What differed in the relations between outsider and defender behaviors was the
degree of defender self-efficacy. (Less)
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- Thornberg, Robert and Jungert, Tomas LU
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- 2013
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- Journal of Adolescence
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- 36
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- 3
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- 475 - 483
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- Elsevier
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- scopus:84877078709
- pmid:23522703
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- 1095-9254
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- 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.02.003
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- English
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degree of defender self-efficacy.}},
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title = {{Bystander behavior in bullying situations: Empathy, moral disengagement and defender self-efficacy}},
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