Explaining the Bystander behavior of Bullying in Schools Based on Moral Disengagement and Moral Sensitivity with the Mediating Role of Moral Identity
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Background and Aim

 Bullying is a behavioral phenomenon that has attracted the attention of many teachers and educators in different parts of the world in recent years. The purpose of this study is to explain the Bystander behavior in schools based on Moral Disengagement and moral sensitivity with the mediating role of moral identity. The target population was male and female high school students in Lorestan province in the 1397-98 academic year.

Materials and Methods

 This is a cross-sectional study kind of correlation. The sample of the present study included 617 students who were selected by cluster sampling. Participants responded to the scales of Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement, Ethical Sensitivity, participant's role (and Self-Importance of Moral Identity. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling as well as path analysis by AMOS 24 software.

Findings

 The results showed that conceptual model of research has a desirable and acceptable fit with the research data. Findings from the structural equation model show that moral disengagement and moral sensitivity are related to the bystander behavior in bullying. In other words, those with high moral disengagement and low moral sensitivity they behave more harmful. The results of the analysis also show that moral identity has a mediating role in the relationship between bystander behaviors in schools and moral disengagement and moral sensitivity.

Ethical Considerations:

 In this study, principles related to ethical considerations such as confidentiality of the respondents' identity, satisfaction of the participants in the research and the right to leave the research was taken into consideration.

Conclusion

 The results show that moral disengagement and moral sensitivity are related to the type of students' reaction as a witness during bullying and this reaction can be different according to characteristics such as moral identity.

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Persian
Published:
Journal of Medical Ethics, Volume:15 Issue: 46, 2021
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