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ERIC Number: EJ1408449
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1381-2890
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1928
Testing the Reciprocal Longitudinal Association between Pro-Aggressive Bystander Behavior and Diffusion of Responsibility in Swedish Upper Elementary School Students
Robert Thornberg; Björn Sjögren; Gianluca Gini; Tiziana Pozzoli
Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, v27 n1 p215-235 2024
The overall objective of this study was to investigate the longitudinal association between diffusion of responsibility and pro-aggressive bystander behavior across three time points in upper elementary education. This three-wave longitudinal study included 1905 Swedish students who completed a questionnaire in at least one of the three waves: the fourth (M[subscript age] = 10.56), fifth (M[subscript age] = 11.55), and/or sixth grades (M[subscript age] = 12.58). Both traditional and random intercept cross-lagged panel models revealed a reciprocal relationship between pro-aggressive bystanding and diffusion of responsibility from the fourth to fifth grades, whereas the only significant cross-lagged path from the fifth to sixth grades was from pro-aggression to diffusion of responsibility in the traditional cross-lagged panel model. Thus, this study provides evidence for bidirectional longitudinal associations between diffusion of responsibility and pro-aggressive bystander behavior but did not support a full cross-lagged bidirectional model.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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