Bullying is a relationship problem that most often occurs in the presence of peers. Peers who
witness bullying play a critical role in intervening. Peer intervention, or defending, is a …

Adolescent defending of peer victimization in the school and cyber context has received
increased attention in developmental science and is an important component of antibullying …

What gives rise to sadism? While sadistic behavior (ie, harming others for pleasure) is well-
documented, past empirical research is nearly silent regarding the psychological factors …

Although the importance of peer bystanders in bullying has been recognized, there are few
studies that examine the phenomenon in relation to Latané and Darley's (1970) classic …

Although research has suggested that youth involved in bullying as victims, perpetrators, or
both are at risk for negative outcomes, less work has investigated different patterns in how …

Using a stigma-based bullying framework, the current study investigated how (a) disability
status was related to bullying-related behaviors when controlling for gender, grade level …

This study explored the relations among self-reported bully participant role behaviors (ie,
bullying, assisting, experiencing victimization, defending, and outsider behavior) and self …

The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether student perceptions of school
climate were associated with traditional and cyber bullying participant behaviors over the …

Increasing reports of bullying and cyberbullying in schools in recent years are undeniable
and have been recognized as a serious public health problem. Conventional bullying and …

Defending represents any prosocial behavior taken to assist an individual being victimized.
Like other forms of prosocial behavior, defending may be best conceptualized as a …