‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ World Anti-Bullying Forum 2025

Session

Room: Vindafjorden

Symposium 1

11 Jun 2025, 11:00

Stavanger Forum

187. Predictors and Outcomes of Defending, Being defended and Friendships: A Focus on Victimization

Daniel Graf (University of Turku), Paula García-Carrera (University of Cordoba), Dr Claire Garandeau (University of Turku), Christina Salmivalli (University of Turku), Daniela Chavez

11/06/2025, 11:00

Proactive strategies and prevention of bullying and cyberbullying

Symposium

When bullying occurs, bystanders are often present. Encouraging peers to defend victims has been suggested as one promising solution to decrease bullying. Although much research has been devoted to characteristics of defenders, important questions remain regarding how the experience of victimization relates to defending and friendship formation, whether victims are actually better-off when...