Citation

Barhight LR, Hubbard JA, Hyde CT. Child Dev. 2013; 84(1): 375-390.

Affiliation

University of Delaware BioAssessments.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01839.x

PMID

22931441

Abstract

Study goals were to explore whether children clustered into groups based on reactions to witnessing bullying and to examine whether these reactions predicted bullying intervention. Seventy-nine children (M = 10.80 years) watched bullying videos in the laboratory while their heart rate (HR) was measured, and they self-reported on negative emotion after each video. Bullying intervention was assessed by school peers. Two groups emerged based on reactions to the bullying videos: The Emotional group (43% of children) displayed HR acceleration and reported high negative emotion, whereas the Unemotional group (57% of children) showed HR deceleration and reported low negative emotion. Group membership predicted bullying intervention, with peers reporting that Emotional children were more likely to stop a bully than Unemotional children.

Language: en