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Relationship between moral identity with bystander defender styles in cyberbullying

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  • Carolina Alcantar Nieblas,
  • Francisco José Álvarez-Montero,
  • Ángel Alberto Valdés-Cuervo
Carolina Alcantar Nieblas
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, México
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Francisco José Álvarez-Montero
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, México
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Ángel Alberto Valdés-Cuervo
Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, México
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33010/recie.v6i0.1685

Published 2022-12-21

Keywords

  • Adolescencia,
  • ciberacoso,
  • espectadores defensores,
  • estilos de intervención
  • Adolescence,
  • cyberbullying,
  • defender bystander,
  • intervention styles

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Alcantar Nieblas, C., Álvarez-Montero, F. J., & Valdés-Cuervo, Ángel A. (2022). Relationship between moral identity with bystander defender styles in cyberbullying. RECIE. Revista Electrónica Científica De Investigación Educativa, 6, e1685. https://doi.org/10.33010/recie.v6i0.1685

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Abstract

Bystanders’ behaviors play an essential role in the dynamics of cyberbullying. The present study examined the relationship between moral identity and constructive and aggressive intervention styles of the defending bystander in cyberbullying. Participants were 684 (43.3% female, 56.7% male) students (M age = 14.3 years, SD = 1.7) from public middle and high schools in the state of Sonora. A structural equation model was calculated to analyze the relationships between the variables. Findings state that moral identity was positively related to constructive intervention and not significantly associated with aggressive bystander intervention. In conclusion, moral identity predicts constructive interventions by defending bystanders in cyberbullying.

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