Brehmer Mareike
Department of Education, University of Agder, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway.
Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ. 2023 Jul 2;13(7):1202-1218. doi: 10.3390/ejihpe13070089.
Relational forms of bullying, such as social exclusion, are prevalent among students in higher education (HE) and pose challenges to the creation of a safe and inclusive learning environment for young adults. Based on research showing how bystanders in bullying incidents can counteract bullying effectively, the present study investigated the extent to which bystanders' prosocial behavioral intentions may be predicted using an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB). Students' behavioral intentions toward the physical-social exclusion of peers in a hypothetical group work setting were investigated in a sample of 419 university students in the United Kingdom. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that moral norms significantly predicted intention over and above cognitive attitude, descriptive norms, and perceived behavioral control. In contrast, emotional attitudes and injunctive norms were not significant predictors of intention. Moreover, significant weak mediation effects could be shown for moral norms as a mediator of the relationships between standard TPB predictors and intention. The present study contributes knowledge to the growing research body on applications of the TPB and on bystander intentions in bullying in HE. Implications for a development in preventive measures to foster university students' prosocial intentions toward bullying are discussed.
诸如社会排斥等关系型欺凌行为在高等教育（HE）学生中普遍存在，给为年轻人营造一个安全且包容的学习环境带来了挑战。基于有关欺凌事件旁观者如何有效抵制欺凌行为的研究，本研究调查了运用扩展的计划行为理论（TPB）预测旁观者亲社会行为意图的程度。在英国419名大学生的样本中，研究了学生在假设的小组工作场景中对同伴进行身体 - 社会排斥的行为意图。分层回归分析表明，道德规范在认知态度、描述性规范和感知行为控制之外，显著预测了意图。相比之下，情感态度和指令性规范并不是意图的显著预测因素。此外，道德规范作为标准TPB预测因素与意图之间关系的中介，表现出显著的弱中介效应。本研究为越来越多关于TPB应用以及高等教育中欺凌行为旁观者意图的研究贡献了知识。讨论了对促进大学生对欺凌行为亲社会意图的预防措施发展的启示。
