ERIC Number: EJ1369833
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1538-8220
EISSN: EISSN-1538-8239
Teachers' Empathy for Bullying Victims, Understanding of Violence, and Likelihood of Intervention
Journal of School Violence, v21 n4 p491-503 2022
Relational bullying is still underappreciated by teachers. Based on the theoretical model of teachers' intervention competence in bullying, the aim of the current research was to gain insights into the concurrent relationships between teachers' empathy, understanding of violence, and likelihood of intervention. In this study, n = 556 teachers (79.4% female, M[subscript age] = 50.6) indicated on a questionnaire their empathy, understanding of relational violence, and likelihood of intervention in a relational bullying situation. The relationships were simultaneously estimated in a structural equation model. The results suggest significantly positive concurrent relations between these variables. We conclude that the effectiveness of teacher trainings could be increased through such elements as cognitive empathy training, raising awareness of violence, and teaching appropriate interventions in relational bullying situations.
Descriptors: Empathy, Bullying, Victims, Teacher Competencies, Intervention, School Violence, Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Student Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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