TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Self-justification processes related to bullying among Brazilian adolescents: a mixed methods study
JO  - Frontiers in psychology
A1  - de Oliveira, Wanderlei Abadio
A1  - Caravita, Simona C. S.
A1  - Colombo, Barbara
A1  - Donghi, Elisa
A1  - da Silva, Jorge Luiz
A1  - Silva, Marta Angélica Iossi
SP  - e1086
EP  - e1086
VL  - 10
IS  - 
N2  - This study aims to investigate the associations between bullying and moral disengagement in a Brazilian sample, using a mixed method design. Two-thousand three hundred and thirty-four adolescents (11-19 years; 42.9% girls) answered self-report measures on bullying and moral disengagement in response to bullying situations. Fifty-five participants were randomly selected and interviewed on their experiences on bullying at school. <br><br>RESULTS allowed to identify specific mechanisms of moral disengagement associated with bullying behavior among Brazilian adolescents. Qualitative analysis highlighted how moral disengagement mechanisms were spontaneously used by the adolescents to explain both the bullying and the bystander behaviors. <br><br>FINDINGS support the relevance of moral disengagement mechanisms in explaining bullying behaviors. The value of addressing these mechanisms when designing anti-bullying interventions is discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-1078
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01086
ID  - ref1
ER  -