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ERIC Number: EJ1010026
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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Children's Physiological and Emotional Reactions to Witnessing Bullying Predict Bystander Intervention
Barhight, Lydia R.; Hubbard, Julie A.; Hyde, Christopher T.
Child Development, v84 n1 p375-390 Jan-Feb 2013
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. (Contains 5 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Grade 5
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Language: English
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