Deciding whether to look after them,to like it,or leave it: A multidimensional analysis of predictors of positive and negative bystander behavior in cyberbullying among adolescents

BackgroundPositive bystander behavior in cyberbullying among adolescents may effectively mitigate cyberbullying and its harm for the victim. Limited, scattered, and sometimes only qualitative research is available on predictors of positive (e.g. defending, comforting or reporting) and negative (e.g. passive bystanding, joining, reinforcing) bystander behavior in cyberbullying. A multidimensional model and multilevel analysis were therefore applied in this study.MethodsA sample of 1979 adolescents in 7th -9th grade, in 16 schools and 158 classes participated in the study. Analyses were performed in MLwiN 2.32.ResultsAnalyses confirmed the multifaceted nature of bystander behavior and behavioral intention. No school level effects, and only limited class effects were found. Strongest individual predictors of positive bystander behavior were a positive intention, and friendship with the victim. Intention for positive bystander behavior was most predicted by positive outcome expectations of their actions for the victim. Negative bystander behavior was most predicted by intentions for negative behavior, and moral disengagement attitudes. Intentions to act as a negative bystander were most predicted by positive attitudes towards passive bystanding and a lack of skills (social, empathic, coping). Moral disengagement at classroom level also predicted positive behavior and behavioral intentions, and negative behavioral intentions, but not negative behavior. Information days for pupils on cyberbullying was a significant school-level predictor of the intention to act as a positive bystander.ConclusionsFuture research and interventions should take the multidimensional nature of cyberbullying bystander behavior into account. Implications for research and practice are discussed.     

Electricity curtailment behaviors in Greek households: Different behaviors,different predictors

This paper argues that electricity ‘curtailment’ behaviors (i.e. frequent and/or low cost or free energy saving behaviors) in households are distinct from one another and they thus should be analyzed and promoted. We test this claim with data from telephone interviews with Greek households in the capital city of Athens (N=285), analyzing the impact of a number of demographical/structural, psychological (based on the Theory of Planned Behavior) and moral (based on norms’ activation) predictors though hierarchical binary logistic regression modeling. We find that that each electricity curtailment behavior depends on a different mix of predictors with ‘Age’, ‘Gender’ and ‘Perceived Behavioral Control’ being statistically significant for most behaviors. Overall, the psychological and the demographical/structural clusters of variables substantially contribute to the explained variance of electricity curtailment behaviors. The moral cluster׳s contribution is not statistically significant since moral concerns are largely interwoven in the psychological constructs.     

Mapping the moral domain.

The moral domain is broader than the empathy and justice concerns assessed by existing measures of moral competence, and it is not just a subset of the values assessed by value inventories. To fill the need for reliable and theoretically grounded measurement of the full range of moral concerns, we developed the Moral Foundations Questionnaire on the basis of a theoretical model of 5 universally available (but variably developed) sets of moral intuitions: Harm/Care, Fairness/Reciprocity, Ingroup/Loyalty, Authority/Respect, and Purity/Sanctity. We present evidence for the internal and external validity of the scale and the model, and in doing so we present new findings about morality: (a) Comparative model fitting of confirmatory factor analyses provides empirical justification for a 5-factor structure of moral concerns; (b) convergent/discriminant validity evidence suggests that moral concerns predict personality features and social group attitudes not previously considered morally relevant; and (c) we establish pragmatic validity of the measure in providing new knowledge and research opportunities concerning demographic and cultural differences in moral intuitions. These analyses provide evidence for the usefulness of Moral Foundations Theory in simultaneously increasing the scope and sharpening the resolution of psychological views of morality. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Robots, Dennett and the autonomous: a terminological investigation

In the present enterprise we take a look at the meaning of Autonomy, how the word has been employed and some of the consequences of its use in the sciences of the artificial. Could and should robots really be autonomous entities? Over and beyond this, we use concepts from the philosophy of mind to spur on enquiry into the very essence of human autonomy. We believe our initiative, as does Dennett's life-long research, sheds light upon the problems of robot design with respect to their relation with humans.     

论坚持把德育放在高校素质教育的首位

本文从我国传统教育思想、高等教育的时代要求以及现代高等教育的内在要求三个层面分析着手，提出了必须坚持把德育放在高校素质教育首位的观点。     

小学体育教学与德育的有机融合

高速发展的社会给当代的小学生的科学文化素质、思想品德素质和身体素质提出了更高的要求。在全面推进素质教育的过程中,必须把德育放在首位,通过学科教学对学生进行思想道德教育是学校德育工作最经常最基本的途径,体育也不例外。体育作为学校素质教育不可或缺的组成部分,担负着提高少年儿童身体素质的主要任务,而思想品德教育也是体育的教育目标之一。体育课是学生的必修课.在体育教学中融合思想道德教育所收到的效果是其他学科无法比拟的。体育教学在对人的教育和培养过程中所具有的独特的不可替代的重要作用,也使体育教学中的德育教育问题.成为广大的体育工作者所关心的热门话题。     

预防青少年因网瘾引发犯罪问题研究

该文阐述了预防青少年上网成瘾的必要性和紧迫性,提出通过教育与技术结合的方法预防青少年因网瘾引发犯罪:通过网络进行德育、法律规范及网络信息安全教育,提高青少年对网络的认知;开展信息安全、网络管理及互联网应用技术培训,避免青少年因上网受害或犯罪;举办电子竞技活动,开发或推荐适合青少年特点的软件,引导其正确利用网络资源;发动政府、学校、家庭、企业和社会力量共同预防青少年上网成瘾及可能引发的犯罪活动.     

Media Ethics Theorizing,Reoriented: A Shift in Focus for Individual‐Level Analyses

This project argues that multidisciplinary methods and work to reconsider key concepts are critical if media ethics scholarship is to continue to mature. It identifies 3 dimensions of a reoriented framework for media ethics theory: one that conceptualizes moral motivation as the focus of inquiry at the individual level; another that focuses on promising assessments of autonomy and organizational influences for a transformed media landscape; and a third that applies formalist virtue ethics as the best framework for normative claims arising from the first 2.     

论新时期共产党员加强道德品质修养的必要性

在贯彻十六大精神,实施依法治国和以德治国的方略,落实"三个代表"重要思想中,共产党员必须带头加强道德品质修养,提高党性水平。这是贯彻"以德治国"方略的具体体现;是共产党员实现肩负的历史使命的客观要求;是共产党员保持先进性的重要标志;是共产党员所处的社会环境所决定的。     

高校学生德育工作与社工方法的结合

高校学生德育工作一直受到社会各界的广泛关注,但是德育的效果却并不令人满意。本文通过对社会工作方法的简单介绍,对目前高校德育工作中存在的问题进行分析,并尝试将社会工作的小组工作方法引入高校的学生德育工作之中,以期能为高校学生德育提供一种新的方式,帮助提高高校学生的德育工作效果。