Chinese Children's Moral Judgments and Moral Emotion Attributions of Cyberbullying

• In Event: Contemporary Topics in Bullying

Abstract

This study examined how Chinese children morally judge cyberbullying events and self-attribute moral emotions from perspectives of perpetrators and bystanders. Data was analyzed to see if there were differences in gender, age and roles participants involved in cyberbullying before. Results showed that children who were bullies gave higher morally disengaged scores but lower morally responsible scores while children who were victims shared the opposite pattern by giving lower morally disengaged scores but high morally responsible scores. The findings have important practical implications. It enhanced people’s understanding of children’s moral reasoning of cyberbullying and provided theoretical foundations for developing bullying intervention programs and improving school administrations.

Authors

• Kedi Zhao, McGill University

• Atiyeh Shohoudi Mojdehi, McGill University

• Lingyun Huang, McGill University

• Victoria Talwar, McGill University