Espelage, D., Hong, J. S., Kim, D. H., & Nan, L. (2018). Empathy, Attitude Towards Bullying, Theory-of- Mind, and Non-physical Forms of Bully Perpetration and Victimization Among U.S. Middle School Students. Child and Youth Care Forum, 47(1), 45–60.

Abstract

Background: Children’s bullying involvement may arise from biases and deficiencies in social information processing, and it is important to consider cognitive and emotional aspects of bullying because social cognition is an important aspect of children’s social skills and their ability to get along with others. It is also important to understand how children see things from others’ point-of-view.

Objective: The study examined whether empathic concern, perspective-taking, attitude towards bullying, and Theory-of-Mind were associated with non-physical form of bully perpetration and victimization in diverse sample of middle school students.