Bullying and its psychological dimensions in adolescents

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Published: Jan 30, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v7.800
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bullying self-representations school violence ethics moral disengagements

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Luciene R.P. Tognetta
Unesp
José Mª Avilés Martínez
Universidad de Valladolid
Pedro Rosário
Universidade do Minho

Abstract

Understanding the psychological mechanisms acting in shares of specific violence, such as bullying, constitutes an important step in the educational interventions that promote moral education objectified by educational institutions. In this sense, the current research aimed to relate bullying to representations of self and the ways in which the subject is self regulating to choose justifications for their commitments or moral disengagements in situations where bullying is present. The results indicate that subjects whose self-representations are individualistic also present more morally disengaged and more likely to be perpetrators in bullying situations, showing how little their identities incorporate moral values. It thus appears that more than a social problem, the issues of coexistence should be treated under the moral point of view.

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R.P. Tognetta, L., Avilés Martínez, J. M., & Rosário, P. (2014). Bullying and its psychological dimensions in adolescents. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 7(1), 289–296. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v7.800
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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2014): LIVING TOGETHER AND CONDUCT
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