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Testing the reciprocal longitudinal association between pro-aggressive bystander behavior and diffusion of responsibility in Swedish upper elementary school students.
- Source :
- Social Psychology of Education; Feb2024, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p215-235, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The overall objective of this study was to investigate the longitudinal association between diffusion of responsibility and pro-aggressive bystander behavior across three time points in upper elementary education. This three-wave longitudinal study included 1905 Swedish students who completed a questionnaire in at least one of the three waves: the fourth (M<subscript>age</subscript> = 10.56), fifth (M<subscript>age</subscript> = 11.55), and/or sixth grades (M<subscript>age</subscript> = 12.58). Both traditional and random intercept cross-lagged panel models revealed a reciprocal relationship between pro-aggressive bystanding and diffusion of responsibility from the fourth to fifth grades, whereas the only significant cross-lagged path from the fifth to sixth grades was from pro-aggression to diffusion of responsibility in the traditional cross-lagged panel model. Thus, this study provides evidence for bidirectional longitudinal associations between diffusion of responsibility and pro-aggressive bystander behavior but did not support a full cross-lagged bidirectional model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SCHOOL children
BYSTANDER effect (Psychology)
CYBERBULLYING
BULLYING
RESPONSIBILITY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13812890
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Social Psychology of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174953501
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-023-09839-2