TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Factors associated with bystander behaviors of Korean youth in school bullying situations: A cross-sectional study JO - Medicine (Baltimore) A1 - Yang, Seung Ae A1 - Kim, Dong Hee SP - e7757 EP - e7757 VL - 96 IS - 32 N2 - The behaviors of bystanders can have important effects on their peers. The aim of this study was to identify psychosocial and contextual factors associated with 3 types of bystander behavior (bully followers, outsiders, and defenders of victims) among Korean youth. A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted among 416 7th and 8th-grade students from 1 middle school in Korea. The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, the Korean version of the Social Problem-Solving Inventory, and measurements of relationships with friends and teachers, empathy, concerns about being bullied, attitudes toward bullying, and bystander behaviors were all used in the assessment. Empathy, relationship of teachers, attitudes toward bullying, and concerns about being bullied were significantly associated with all 3 types of bystanders' behaviors. Although, self-esteem, social problem solving ability were significantly associated with just defender of victim behaviors. These results suggest that several significant factors to cultivate constructive bystander behaviors should be considered to develop effective antibullying intervention.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0025-7974 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000007757 ID - ref1 ER -