Student bystanders in Australian Schools
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2005
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Rigby, K.
Johnson, B.R.
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Pastoral Care in Education, 2005; 23(2):10-16
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Bullying in schools typically occurs with student bystanders present. How and why bystanders react as they do was examined with primary (n = 5200) and secondary (n = 5200) students attending Australian state coeducational schools. They viewed a video depicting bullying incidents and recorded how they thought they would respond as bystan-ders. Responses were about equally divided between those who would help the victim directly and those that would ignore what was happening. A lesser proportion reported they would get a teacher; a small number were inclined to assist the bully. Explanations for these reactions were examined using both quantitative and qualitative descriptive meth-ods and suggestions are made about how teachers can promote better bystander beha-viour in schools. © NAPCE 2005.
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