We investigate the relationship between adolescents’ construction of a transgression relating to a hypothetical temptation and bystander behaviour and bullying (offline and online). A total of 331 Swiss eighth graders completed an electronic questionnaire on bystanding, bullying, moral disengagement, and empathy. Moral functioning was assessed in a hypothetical scenario, using different moral judgements (deontic and self‐judgement, judging the transgression; paper‐and‐pencil measure). Cluster analyses were used to identify patterns of moral functioning. For the open situation (deontic and self‐judgement), happy transgressors, happy moralists, ashamed moralists, and indifferent moralists were differentiated, and for the transgression (accomplished deed) moralists and happy opportunists. The analyses yielded significant differences between the different cluster groups. Happy transgressors (open situation) reported higher levels of assisting the bullying than unconcerned moralists. Happy transgressors also reported lower levels of helping than ashamed and happy moralists. Opportunists (accomplished deed) reported higher levels of assisting the bullying, offline bullying, and lower levels of helping the victim. The multivariate GEE analyses showed that happy transgressors reported higher levels of assisting the bully and online bullying than the moralist groups (open situation). The study shows that adolescents who construct a favourable interpretation of yielding to temptation in a hypothetical scenario displayed higher levels of both assisting the bully and online bullying, emphasizing the need for incorporating targeted moral education in bullying prevention.

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想加入还是不加入？欺凌情境中的道德诱惑和自我报告行为

我们调查了青少年构建与假设诱惑相关的违法行为与旁观者行为和欺凌（离线和在线）之间的关系。共有 331 名瑞士八年级学生完成了关于旁观、欺凌、道德脱离和同理心的电子问卷。在假设情景中评估道德功能，使用不同的道德判断（道义和自我判断，判断违法行为；纸笔测量）。聚类分析用于识别道德功能的模式。对于开放情境（道义和自我判断），快乐的违法者、快乐的道德家、羞耻的道德家和冷漠的道德家被区分，而对于违法（已完成的行为）道德家和快乐的机会主义者。分析产生了不同集群组之间的显着差异。快乐的违规者（开放的情况）报告说，他们比不关心的道德家更能帮助欺凌者。快乐的违法者报告的帮助程度也低于羞愧和快乐的道德家。机会主义者（已完成的行为）报告了较高水平的协助欺凌、线下欺凌和较低水平的帮助受害者。多元 GEE 分析表明，快乐的违规者报告的帮助欺凌者和在线欺凌者的水平高于道德主义团体（开放情境）。研究表明，在假设情景中对屈服于诱惑做出有利解释的青少年表现出更高水平的协助欺凌和网络欺凌，