Do Victims Defend Victims?The Mediating Role of Empathy between Victimization Experience and Public-Defending Tendency in School Bullying Situations  

作　　者：Han Xie Yizhe Jiang Kunjie Cui 

机构地区：[1]School of Law,Department of Social Work,Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics,Hangzhou,310018,China [2]Research Institute of Social Development,Southwestern University of Finance and Economics,Chengdu,611130,China

出　　处：《International Journal of Mental Health Promotion》2024年第12期1033-1043,共11页国际心理健康促进杂志（英文）

基　　金：supported by the Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of Hunan Province(Grant Number 21YBQ005).

摘　　要：Objectives:This study investigates the association between victimization experience and the tendency to defend on behalf of victims during school bullying incidents in public settings,with a focus on the mediating effect of empathy and the moderating role of school level among Chinese children and adolescents.Methods:Data were collected by a cross-sectional survey.A total of 1491 students in Grades 4–11 participated(Boys=52.8%;Mean_(age)=13.00 years,Standard Deviation_(age)=2.31).Structural equation modeling is employed to test the hypotheses.Results:The results indicate that empathy measures partially mediate the relationship between victimization experience and defending tendency in public in-school bullying situations.In particular,individuals with a history of victimization typically demonstrate lower levels of empathy.They are less likely to protect victims in school bullying situations in the presence of others,which suggests that empathy plays a significant mediating role in this relationship.Group differences were found between primary and secondary school students,which indicates that the hypothesized model should be considered through a developmental perspective.Conclusions:The findings of this study emphasize the importance of children’s benign peer relationships,and practitioners are encouraged to prevent victimization in schools and care for students who have been victimized;specific measures include cultivating empathy,teaching defending skills that have been found to help reduce the adverse effects of victimization,and encouraging prosocial behavior during children's socialization development.

关 键 词：VICTIMIZATION EMPATHY defending tendency prosocial behavior school bullying left-behind children 

分 类 号：B844.2[哲学宗教—发展与教育心理学]