TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Ganging up or sticking together? Group processes and children's responses to text-message bullying
JO  - British journal of psychology (1953)
A1  - Jones, Sian E.
A1  - Manstead, Antony S. R.
A1  - Livingstone, Andrew G.
SP  - 71
EP  - 96
VL  - 102
IS  - 1
N2  - Drawing on social identity theory and intergroup emotion theory (IET), we examined group processes underlying bullying behaviour. Children were randomly assigned to one of three groups: a perpetrator's group, a target's group, or a third party group. They then read a gender-consistent scenario in which the norm of the perpetrator's group (to be kind or unkind towards others) was manipulated, and an instance of cyberbullying between the perpetrator's group and a member of the target's group was described. It was found that group membership, group norms, and the proposed antecedents of the group-based emotions of pride, shame, and anger (but not guilt) influenced group-based emotions and action tendencies in ways predicted by social identity and IET. The results underline the importance of understanding group-level emotional reactions when it comes to tackling bullying, and show that being part of a group can be helpful in overcoming the negative effects of bullying.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1269
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/000712610X502826
ID  - ref1
ER  -