Early Adolescents’ Motivations to Defend Victims of Cyberbullying

Nathaniel Oliver Iotti, Damiano Menin and Tomas Jungert
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Nathaniel Oliver Iotti: Department of Psychology, Lund University, 222 41 Lund, Sweden
Damiano Menin: Department of Human Studies, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
Tomas Jungert: Department of Psychology, Lund University, 222 41 Lund, Sweden

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-9

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate how different types of motivation to defend victims of bullying would be associated with various bystander behaviors in cyberbullying situations among early adolescents in Sweden. Data were collected from 460 Swedish adolescents aged between 11 and 15 years who completed a survey in their classroom. Results showed that autonomous motivation to defend was positively associated with defender behavior and negatively associated with pro-bully and passive behavior, while extrinsic motivation was positively associated with pro-bully and passive behavior. Age was positively associated with increased passive behavior and dampened defensive behavior, while no effect of gender was found on defender behavior. Our findings suggest that students’ autonomous motivation to defend victims is important in cyberbullying situations.

Keywords: cyberbullying; bystander; defender; motivation to defend (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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