Based on the premise that bullies are deficient in empathy or even lack it completely,
bullying prevention and intervention programs often include empathy training. These …

Bullying is an extremely damaging type of violence that is present in schools all over the
world, but there are still many gaps in knowledge regarding different variables that might …

Minimizing the costs that others impose upon oneself and upon those in whom one has a
fitness stake, such as kin and allies, is a key adaptive problem for many organisms. Our …

Bullying is a relationship problem that most often occurs in the presence of peers. Peers who
witness bullying play a critical role in intervening. Peer intervention, or defending, is a …

While it is recognized that there are serious sequelae for students who are victims of
cyberbullying including depression, anxiety, lower self-esteem and social difficulties, there …

In this chapter, we review past and current developments on individual differences in belief
in a just world (BJW). Research focusing on measurement of BJW has led to critiques of the …

Methods Thirty students ranging in age from 9 to 15 years (M= 11.9; SD= 1.7) from an
elementary and middle school in the southeastern United States participated in this study …

Societies are full of inequalities and injustices—the disproportionate distribution of wealth
and inequality of access to health care and education, to name just a few. Individuals react …

Over the past 50+ years researchers have dedicated considerable effort towards studying
the belief in a just world (BJW). A significant development in the field was the introduction of …

Meta-analyses confirm a negative relationship between aggressive behavior and empathy,
that is, the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. Based on theoretical …