Children’s Physiological and Emotional Reactions to Witnessing Bullying Predict Bystander Intervention

• Autores: Lydia R. Barhight, Julie A. Hubbard, Christopher T. Hyde
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 84, Nº. 1, 2013, págs. 375-390
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Study goals were to explore whether children clustered into groups based on reactions to witnessing bullying and to examine whether these reactions predicted bullying intervention. Seventy-nine children (M = 10.80 years) watched bullying videos in the laboratory while their heart rate (HR) was measured, and they self-reported on negative emotion after each video. Bullying intervention was assessed by school peers. Two groups emerged based on reactions to the bullying videos: The Emotional group (43% of children) displayed HR acceleration and reported high negative emotion, whereas the Unemotional group (57% of children) showed HR deceleration and reported low negative emotion. Group membership predicted bullying intervention, with peers reporting that Emotional children were more likely to stop a bully than Unemotional children.