Bystander motivation in bullying incidents: To intervene or not to intervene?

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-252

  Thornberg, Robert ^a,b   Tenenbaum, Laura ^a   Varjas, Kris ^a   Meyers, Joel ^a   Jungert, Tomas ^a,c   Vanegas, Gina ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bullying; Bystander; Intervention; Motivation; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; BYSTANDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WITNESS;

EID: 84865705673     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.3.11792     Document Type: Article

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