Defending actions by bystanders may decrease the prevalence and adverse effects on victims of cyberbullying. While the defender bystander's role seems promising in lessening the incidence of cyberbullying, it remains crucial to distinguish between aggressive and constructive defending interventions since an aggressive intervention can spur on cyberbullying rather than prevent it. Despite its relevance, few studies have explored the factors surrounding bystanders' incidences taking aggressive defending interventions to stop cyberbullying. The present study examines the unique and interactive relationships between guilt, sympathy, and aggressive defending intervention in cyberbullying to reduce this gap. It also analyzes how self-regulation mediates the influence of moral emotions in this intervention. To do so, 1674 high school students were tested, 49.7% male (Mage = 15.99, SD = 1.03 years old) and 50.3% females (Mage = 16.02, SD = 1.04 years old). Results showed that guilt and sympathy have a unique and interactive direct negative relationship with self-regulation and bystanders taking aggressive defending interventions. Moreover, self-regulation partially mediates the negative unique and interactive relationship between guilt and sympathy with aggressive defending intervention. These findings emphasize the importance of considering the interaction between moral emotions and cognitive agentic processes when examining bystanders making defending responses in cyberbullying.

旁观者的防御行动可能会降低对网络欺凌受害者的普遍性和不利影响。尽管捍卫者旁观者的作用在减少网络欺凌的发生方面似乎很有希望，但区分激进和建设性的防御干预措施仍然至关重要，因为积极的干预措施可以刺激而不是阻止网络欺凌。尽管具有相关性，但很少有研究探索采取积极的防御干预措施来阻止网络欺凌的旁观者发生率的因素。本研究探讨了内bul，同情和网络欺凌中的积极防御干预之间的独特和互动关系，以缩小这种差距。它还分析了自我调节在这种干预中如何介导道德情感的影响。为此，M年龄= 15.99，SD  = 1.03岁）和50.3％的女性（M年龄= 16.02，SD  = 1.04岁）。结果表明，内和同情与自我调节和旁观者采取积极的防御干预措施有着独特而互动的直接消极关系。此外，自我调节部分地通过积极的防御干预来调解内感与同情感之间的消极的独特互动关系。这些发现强调了检查旁观者在网络欺凌中做出防御反应时，考虑道德情绪与认知代理过程之间相互作用的重要性。