TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - The role of short- and long-term cognitive empathy activation in preventing cyberbystander reinforcing cyberbullying behavior JO - Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking A1 - Barlińska, Julia A1 - Szuster, Anna A1 - Winiewski, Mikołaj SP - 241 EP - 244 VL - 18 IS - 4 N2 - The long- versus short-term effectiveness of empathy activation on reducing bystander behavior reinforcing cyberbullying was tested. The focus was on limiting the frequency of forwarding a message ridiculing a peer. Experimental research on adolescent students was conducted in conditions simulating online contact. The results confirmed the significance of cognitive empathy activated immediately prior to decision making on limiting involvement in reinforcing cyberbullying behavior. The long-term impact of empathy was markedly limited.
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LA - en SN - 2152-2715 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2014.0412 ID - ref1 ER -