Year: 2007
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: An emphasis on using peer interventions to reduce bullying has led researchers to investigate effective ways of encouraging youths to take a stand against bullying.The present study investigated the roles of moral disengagement and social self-efficacy in relation to youths' reports of victim defending behaviors in the context of physical, verbal, and relational bullying.Results indicate that both moral engagement and social self-efficacy are related to victim defending, with the combination of high moral engagement and high social selfefficacy predicting the highest levels of victim defending.Whereas youths high in moral engagement report relatively high levels of defending behaviors regardless of level of social self-efficacy, implications for youths low in social self-efficacy who attempt to intervene should be considered.Results support the importance of promoting both moral engagement and social competence to foster victim defending in schools.Frequency of Responses to Bullying................
Author: Holli E. Sink
Institution: Miami University
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2340856352