School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK.
Br J Psychol. 2011 Feb;102(1):71-96. doi: 10.1348/000712610X502826.
Drawing on social identity theory and intergroup emotion theory (IET), we examined group processes underlying bullying behaviour. Children were randomly assigned to one of three groups: a perpetrator's group, a target's group, or a third party group. They then read a gender-consistent scenario in which the norm of the perpetrator's group (to be kind or unkind towards others) was manipulated, and an instance of cyberbullying between the perpetrator's group and a member of the target's group was described. It was found that group membership, group norms, and the proposed antecedents of the group-based emotions of pride, shame, and anger (but not guilt) influenced group-based emotions and action tendencies in ways predicted by social identity and IET. The results underline the importance of understanding group-level emotional reactions when it comes to tackling bullying, and show that being part of a group can be helpful in overcoming the negative effects of bullying.
我们借鉴社会认同理论和群际情绪理论（IET），研究了欺凌行为背后的群体过程。孩子们被随机分配到三个组之一：欺凌者组、目标组或第三方组。然后，他们阅读了一个符合性别规范的场景，其中操纵了欺凌者组的规范（对他人友善或不友善），并描述了欺凌者组和目标组成员之间的网络欺凌事件。研究发现，群体成员身份、群体规范以及基于群体的自豪感、羞耻感和愤怒（而不是内疚感）的预期前因会以社会认同和 IET 预测的方式影响基于群体的情绪和行为倾向。研究结果强调了在处理欺凌问题时理解群体层面情绪反应的重要性，并表明成为群体的一部分有助于克服欺凌的负面影响。
