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Empathic responses by cyberbystanders: The importance of proximity

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MACHÁČKOVÁ Hana DĚDKOVÁ Lenka ŠEVČÍKOVÁ Anna ČERNÁ Alena

Rok publikování 2016
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Journal of Youth Studies
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Fakulta sociálních studií

Citace
www http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13676261.2015.1112882?journalCode=cjys20
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2015.1112882
Obor Psychologie
Klíčová slova Cyberaggression; cyberbullying; bystanders; empathic response; adolescence
Popis Cyberaggression, and its' specific sub-type, cyberbullying, have become a widely debated and studied issues, but we still lack knowledge about cyberbystanders, whose reactions (or lack thereof) can play a crucial role. One of the important factors determining behavioral outcomes is cyberbystanders’ empathic response to the incident. Certain features of cyberaggression incidents (e.g. distance and the invisibility of those involved) raise the question of what conditions tend to encourage (or inhibit) empathetic responses on the part of cyberbystanders. Therefore, we investigated the link between the empathic responses of 453 Czech adolescent cyberbystanders (age 12–18) and the context in which they become aware of ongoing cybervictimization. We found that being directly present and being informed by the victim increased emotional response, while witnessing it only online or being informed by others had no effect. We discuss the importance of including the dimensions of ‘proximity’ or ‘directness’ in both prevention and intervention efforts and future research on cyberbystanders’ reactions.
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