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Moral Disengagement as an Explanatory Factor of the Polyivictimization of Bullying and Cyberbullying

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  • Inmaculada Fernández-Antelo

    (Psychology and Anthropology Department, University of Extremadura, 06071 Badajoz, Spain)

  • Isabel Cuadrado-Gordillo

    (Psychology and Anthropology Department, University of Extremadura, 06071 Badajoz, Spain)

Abstract

Background: The present study’s objectives were to: (1) Identify and analyze the prevalence of poly-victims, and (2) determine how the levels of moral disengagement and the various defence mechanisms that victims use to explain abusive behavior might function as predictors of poly-bullying. Methods: The sample consisted of 1328 participants of from 9 to 14 years old. The instruments used were two questionnaires. One allows the prevalence of bullying and cyberbullying victims to be identified and analyzed. The other analyses the level of moral disengagement and the defence mechanisms to which the victims resort. Results: The results showed there to be a continuity of the role of victim in off-line and on-line contexts, turning those who are subject to these situations into poly-victims. The moral disengagement of these victims was found basically to be centered at two levels—a locus of behavior, and a locus of outcomes. Conclusions: Exposure to abuse that is continuous, of different types, and coming from different contexts must be perceived as a public health problem given the lack of effective tools to combat the situations of helplessness that the polyvictims experience.

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  • Inmaculada Fernández-Antelo & Isabel Cuadrado-Gordillo, 2019. "Moral Disengagement as an Explanatory Factor of the Polyivictimization of Bullying and Cyberbullying," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(13), pages 1-13, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:13:p:2414-:d:246317
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    1. Juan de D. Benítez-Sillero & José M. Armada Crespo & Esther Ruiz Córdoba & Javier Raya-González, 2021. "Relationship between Amount, Type, Enjoyment of Physical Activity and Physical Education Performance with Cyberbullying in Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-12, February.
    2. Ko Ling Chan, 2019. "Child Victimization in the Context of Family Violence," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(19), pages 1-5, September.
    3. Sofia Buelga & Javier Postigo & Belén Martínez-Ferrer & María-Jesús Cava & Jessica Ortega-Barón, 2020. "Cyberbullying among Adolescents: Psychometric Properties of the CYB-AGS Cyber-Aggressor Scale," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(9), pages 1-15, April.
    4. Andrés Concha-Salgado & Angélica Ramírez & Beatriz Pérez & Ricardo Pérez-Luco & Eduardo García-Cueto, 2022. "Moral Disengagement as a Self-Regulatory Cognitive Process of Transgressions: Psychometric Evidence of the Bandura Scale in Chilean Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-25, September.
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