Good and Evil at School: Bullying and Moral Evaluation in Early Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Kollerová, Lenka; Janošová, Pavlína; Rícan, Pavel
Titel	Good and Evil at School: Bullying and Moral Evaluation in Early Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 43 (2014) 1, S.18-31 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
DOI	10.1080/03057240.2013.866940
Schlagwörter	Early Adolescents; Grade 6; Factor Analysis; Bullying; Student Characteristics; Student Attitudes; Correlation; Victims; Empathy; Justice; Moral Values; Aggression; Prosocial Behavior; Antisocial Behavior; Foreign Countries; Vignettes; Multivariate Analysis; Czech Republic + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Faktorenanalyse; Mobbing; Schülerverhalten; Korrelation; Victim; Opfer; Empathie; Gerechtigkeit; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Ausland; Multivariate Analyse; Tschechische Republik
Abstract	We investigated how adolescents (sixth-graders, N = 357) morally evaluated hypothetical bullying and defending protagonists and whether these evaluations related to behavior in bullying as nominated by peers. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) resulted in four factors for the evaluation of the hypothetical bullies: "Evil soul," "Contempt," "Cowardice," and "Deviance," and five factors for the evaluation of the hypothetical defender: "General admiration," "Courage," "Cool," "Empathic care," and "Fair justice." Corresponding scales were constructed. The findings showed that bullying positively correlated with evaluating the hypothetical bullies using "Cowardice" while victimization positively correlated with evaluating the hypothetical defender in terms of "General admiration," "Empathic care," and "Fair justice." MANOVA for each of the two sets of the evaluative scales indicated that behavioral status (bully, victim, defender, or uninvolved) had a significant effect on the moral evaluation of hypothetical bullies, and no significant effect on the moral evaluation of the hypothetical defender. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10