PA429: Influence of Empathy, Personal and Peer Attitudes on Bystander Actions

Saturday, February 17, 2024
9:00 AM–9:50 AM CST

  • PMD: 6
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Poster Session 3: Promoting Safe and Positive Schools

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. understand how empathy impacts different forms of bystander action for bullying and sexual harassment;
  2. understand how personal and peer attitudes impact bystander intervention for bullying and sexual harassment; and
  3. understanding what impacts bystander action in adolescents.

Description

The goal of this presentation is to examine how cognitive and affective empathy and personal and peer attitudes towards bullying and sexual harassment are related to different forms of bystanding.

Presenter(s)

Maria R. Aliberti, Florida State University
Lyndsay N. Jenkins, Florida State University
Alexis P. LaChance, Florida State University

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