The Effect of Conscience on Bystander Intervention in Bullying Among Middle School Students:The Moderated Mediating Effect
Objective:To explore the influence of middle school students'conscience on bystander intervention in bul-lying,as well as the mediating effect of empathy and the moderate effect of social self-efficacy.Methods:A total of 3290 middle school students were investigated by Adolescent Conscience Questionnaire,Bystander Intervention in Bullying Mea-sure,Adolescent Measure of Empathy and Social Self-Efficacy Questionnaire.Results:(1)Conscience positively predicted bystander intervention in bullying among middle school students;(2)Empathy played a partial mediating role between con-science and bystander intervention in bullying;(3)Social self-efficacy moderated the latter half of the mediation model.Spe-cifically,compared with middle school students with low social self-efficacy,the predictive effect of empathy on bystander intervention in bullying was stronger among middle school students with high social self-efficacy.Conclusion:There is a mediated moderating effect between conscience and bystander intervention in bullying,and empathy is the mediating vari-able between the two.Social self-efficacy can strengthen the impact of empathy on bystander intervention in bullying.