| Are Cyberbullies Less Empathic? Adolescents' Cyberbullying Behavior and Empathic Responsiveness. | |
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PMID: 21554126 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Abstract Meta-analyses confirm a negative relationship between aggressive behavior and empathy, that is, the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. Based on theoretical considerations, it was, therefore, hypothesized that a lack of empathic responsiveness may be characteristic for cyberbullies in particular. In the present study, 2.070 students of Luxembourg secondary schools completed an online survey that included a cyberbullying questionnaire( 4 ) and a novel empathy short scale. According to the main hypothesis, analyses of variances indicated that cyberbullies demonstrated less empathic responsiveness than non-cyberbullies. In addition, cyberbullies were also more afraid of becoming victims of cyberbullying. The findings confirm and substantially extend the research on the relationship between empathy and aggressive behavior. From an educational point of view, the present findings suggest that training of empathy skills might be an important tool to decrease cyberbullying. |
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Georges Steffgen; Andreas König; Jan Pfetsch; André Melzer |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-9 |
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Title: Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking Volume: - ISSN: 2152-2723 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-5-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101528721 Medline TA: Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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1 Research Unit INSIDE, University of Luxembourg , Walferdange, Luxembourg . |
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