Forgiveness, Gratitude, Happiness, and Prosocial Bystander Behavior in Bullying
The relationships among character strengths (forgiveness and gratitude), happiness, and prosocial bystander behavior in bullying were analyzed. The sample includes 500 (early adolescents) and 500 (middle adolescents) of both genders, between 12 and 18 years old (M age = 14.70, SD = 1.58). Two struct...
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| author | Fernanda Inéz García-Vázquez Angel Alberto Valdés-Cuervo Belén Martínez-Ferrer Lizeth Guadalupe Parra-Pérez |
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| description | The relationships among character strengths (forgiveness and gratitude), happiness, and prosocial bystander behavior in bullying were analyzed. The sample includes 500 (early adolescents) and 500 (middle adolescents) of both genders, between 12 and 18 years old (M age = 14.70, SD = 1.58). Two structural equation models were calculated. Results of the first model indicated that forgiveness, gratitude, and happiness had a direct positive relation with prosocial bystander behavior. Furthermore, human strengths were indirectly related to prosocial behavior in bullying for this effect in happiness. The second model showed that prosocial bystander behavior had a positive effect on human strengths and happiness. Multigroup analyses indicated that gender and stage of adolescence did not moderate the relations found in the model. Overall findings suggest a reciprocal relationship between character strengths, happiness, and prosocial bystander behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d6c36d832a1e442cbafd84d0fd0d8a7a2022-12-22T03:06:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-01-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.02827489846Forgiveness, Gratitude, Happiness, and Prosocial Bystander Behavior in BullyingFernanda Inéz García-Vázquez0Angel Alberto Valdés-Cuervo1Belén Martínez-Ferrer2Lizeth Guadalupe Parra-Pérez3Department of Education, Technological Institute of Sonora, Ciudad Obregón, MexicoDepartment of Education, Technological Institute of Sonora, Ciudad Obregón, MexicoDepartment of Education and Social Psychology, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, SpainSchool of Education, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United StatesThe relationships among character strengths (forgiveness and gratitude), happiness, and prosocial bystander behavior in bullying were analyzed. The sample includes 500 (early adolescents) and 500 (middle adolescents) of both genders, between 12 and 18 years old (M age = 14.70, SD = 1.58). Two structural equation models were calculated. Results of the first model indicated that forgiveness, gratitude, and happiness had a direct positive relation with prosocial bystander behavior. Furthermore, human strengths were indirectly related to prosocial behavior in bullying for this effect in happiness. The second model showed that prosocial bystander behavior had a positive effect on human strengths and happiness. Multigroup analyses indicated that gender and stage of adolescence did not moderate the relations found in the model. Overall findings suggest a reciprocal relationship between character strengths, happiness, and prosocial bystander behavior.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02827/fullforgivenessgratitudeprosocial behavioradolescencehappiness |
| spellingShingle | Fernanda Inéz García-Vázquez Angel Alberto Valdés-Cuervo Belén Martínez-Ferrer Lizeth Guadalupe Parra-Pérez Forgiveness, Gratitude, Happiness, and Prosocial Bystander Behavior in Bullying Frontiers in Psychology forgiveness gratitude prosocial behavior adolescence happiness |
| title | Forgiveness, Gratitude, Happiness, and Prosocial Bystander Behavior in Bullying |
| title_full | Forgiveness, Gratitude, Happiness, and Prosocial Bystander Behavior in Bullying |
| title_fullStr | Forgiveness, Gratitude, Happiness, and Prosocial Bystander Behavior in Bullying |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forgiveness, Gratitude, Happiness, and Prosocial Bystander Behavior in Bullying |
| title_short | Forgiveness, Gratitude, Happiness, and Prosocial Bystander Behavior in Bullying |
| title_sort | forgiveness gratitude happiness and prosocial bystander behavior in bullying |
| topic | forgiveness gratitude prosocial behavior adolescence happiness |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02827/full |
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