The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station D3700, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1310 S. 6th St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
J Sch Psychol. 2014 Jun;52(3):279-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jsp.2014.02.001. Epub 2014 Mar 12.
Limited research has sought to understand early adolescents' willingness to intervene in peer victimization as a function of their own responding to being victimized. The present study examined whether early adolescents' attributions, affect, and coping responses to a victimization vignette were related to their willingness to intervene, and whether self-reported victimization moderated the aforementioned associations. Participants were 653 5th- to 8th-grade students (50.4% girls, 58.5% Caucasian, 34.5% Hispanic) who completed a self-report survey that included a vignette asking students to imagine that they were victimized in school. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted separately for boys and girls. Although attributions and affect showed no significant associations with students' willingness to intervene, seeking social support coping was associated with greater willingness to intervene for both boys and girls, and problem-focused coping was associated with willingness to intervene for girls only. Unexpectedly, self-reported victimization was associated positively with both boys' and girls' willingness to intervene. Findings also revealed two unexpected two-way interactions between peer victimization and boys' characterological self-blame and girls' wishful thinking coping. Overall, study findings highlight the need for future research and anti-bullying programs to address how victimization could either motivate or discourage a student's willingness to intervene.
有限的研究试图了解青少年早期是否愿意干预同伴侵害，其自身对被侵害的反应是一个影响因素。本研究检验了青少年对一个受害情景的归因、情感和应对反应是否与他们干预的意愿有关，以及自我报告的受害是否调节了上述关联。参与者为 653 名 5 至 8 年级的学生（50.4%的女生，58.5%的白种人，34.5%的西班牙裔），他们完成了一份自我报告的调查，其中包括一个情景，要求学生想象自己在学校受到侵害。分别对男生和女生进行了分层回归分析。虽然归因和情感与学生干预的意愿没有显著关联，但寻求社会支持应对与男生和女生干预的意愿都呈正相关，而问题聚焦应对仅与女生的干预意愿呈正相关。出乎意料的是，自我报告的受害与男孩和女孩的干预意愿都呈正相关。研究结果还揭示了同伴侵害与男孩性格自责和女孩一厢情愿应对之间的两个意外的双向交互作用。总体而言，研究结果强调了未来研究和反欺凌计划的必要性，以解决受害如何激发或阻碍学生干预的意愿。
