Factors influencing bystanders' behavioral reactions in cyberbullying situations

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Highlights:

• Bystanders defended victims more in the absence of other bystanders.

• Outsider (60.7%) was the majority of bystanders witnessing cyberbullying.

• Low moral disengagement and anti-social conformity were linked to high defending tendency.

• High perceived control and bad relationship with bullies were linked to high defending tendency.

• Presence of bystanders moderated the effect of moral disengagement and relationship with bullies.

摘要

•Bystanders defended victims more in the absence of other bystanders.•Outsider (60.7%) was the majority of bystanders witnessing cyberbullying.•Low moral disengagement and anti-social conformity were linked to high defending tendency.•High perceived control and bad relationship with bullies were linked to high defending tendency.•Presence of bystanders moderated the effect of moral disengagement and relationship with bullies.

论文关键词:Cyberbullying,Bystander,Bystander effect,Outsider,Defender

论文评审过程:Received 13 October 2016, Revised 7 October 2017, Accepted 8 October 2017, Available online 10 October 2017, Version of Record 14 October 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.10.008