ArticlePsychology research and behavior management2023
The Severity of Cyberbullying Affects Bystander Intervention Among College Students: The Roles of Feelings of Responsibility and Empathy.
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- What Do We Know About Proximal Factors Influencing Bystander Intervention? A Call for Momentary Assessment and Intervention.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Review
- Big Five traits and cyberbullying severity as predictors of cyberbystander behavior among adults in the U.S.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Designing Psychologically Grounded Artificial Intelligence for Supporting Bystander-Based Cyberaggression Intervention: Mixed Methods Exploratory Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Defender, Passive, and Pro-Bully: Exploring Bystanders' Intentions toward Cyberbullying.Psychosocial intervention · 2026Article
- Moral disengagement and empathy in cyberbullying: how they are related in reflection activities about a serious game.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- The Severity of Cyberbullying Affects Bystander Intervention Among College Students: The Roles of Feelings of Responsibility and Empathy [Letter].Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Bystander intervention can protect victims from harm in cyberbullying. Previous studies have found that the severity of cyberbullying incidents is one of the important factors affecting decisions to intervene. However, little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this effect. Purpose: The current study explored the effect of the severity of cyberbullying incidents on bystander intention to intervene on social network sites (SNSs) among college students (Experiment 1), the mediating role of feelings of responsibility (Experiment 2) and the moderating role of empathy (Experiment 3). Patients and Methods: We presented cyberbullying incidents with different levels of severity through scenarios including fictive Weibo news reports and comments. Participants were exposed to a fictive cyberbullying incident and asked to complete a questionnaire including measures of the variables of interest. Results: Our results showed that the severity of incidents positively affected bystander intention to intervene through the mediation of feelings of responsibility. Empathy moderated the effect of incident severity on bystander intention to intervene. Conclusion: The results of the current study help to understand the behavior of bystanders in cyberbullying and they provide a practical reference for intervention in cyberbullying incidents.
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