Moral Disengagement from Bullying: The Effects of Gender and Classroom

• Authors: Lenka Kollerová , Pavlína Janošová , Pavel Říčan

Abstracts

EN

We examined the effects of gender and classroom membership on moral disengagement-cognitive justifications of detrimental conduct. Sixth-graders aged 11 to 13 years (N = 273) participated in the study. Bullying was registered using the Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire and moral disengagement was measured on a 14-item scale designed for this study. The study showed that moral disengagement related to bullying and varied as a function of gender, which supports the relevance of considering gender in moral education anti-bullying programs. Next, the study revealed significant differences in moral disengagement between classrooms. This finding points to the need to elucidate associations between moral disengagement and classroom characteristics.

Keywords

EN

adolescence; aggressive behavior; bullying; moral cognition; moral disengagement

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 37
• Pages: 280-291

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Lenka Kollerová

• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

author

Pavlína Janošová

• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

author

Pavel Říčan

• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.14.37.3.22

Biblioteka Nauki

2031753