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Bystander behavior in bullying situations: Basic moral sensitivity, moral disengagement and defender self‐efficacy

Robert Thornberg, Tomas Jungert

Journal of Adolescence · 2013

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Summary

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

Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.02.003
Catalogue ID
SNmojj1yox-9dql5t
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