Social Cognition and Emotional Response to Bullying among College Students

The negative impact of bullying is very serious, has aroused more and more peoples attention. There is a growing body of investigation on bullying. To 245 college students on campus bullying and cyberbullying mental reaction using the existing scale of comparison. Participants social cognitive and emotional responses to bullying, such as empathy for the victim, outcome expectations, responsibility, moral disengagement, and defender self-efficacy, were important for behavioral responses. The questionnaire covers the five Social Cognitive and Emotional responses (SCARB) to bullying in a college campus setting, and also covers the same content in cyberbullying. The results found that cyberbullying and school bullying differ in terms of empathy and moral escape. There was no significant difference in other aspects. At the same time, this exploration focuses on the social cognitive and emotional responses of college students to campus bullying and cyber bullying based on their gender and whether they are class leaders. According to the study, gender differences did not have a significant impact on attitudes toward bullying in schools, but did have an impact on attitudes toward cyberbullying. In the school bullying situation, class cadres scored higher than non-class cadres in moral disagreement, defensive self-efficacy and negative outcome expectation. This article also makes a comparison between bullying on campus and bullying on the Internet. The exploration adds to new evidence of the effects of bullying.