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Session

Room: Jæren

Symposium 3

13 Jun 2025, 09:15

Stavanger Forum

64. Peer Defending: Current Research on Individual and Group Level Antecedents, Defending Strategies, and the Outcomes of Defending in Schools.

Dr Björn Sjögren (Linköping University), Mr Cameron Hines (Queen's University), Dr Jeroen Pronk (TNO), Dr Laura Lambe (St. Francis Xavier University), Dr Lydia Laninga-Wijnen (University of Turku)

13/06/2025, 09:15

Reactive strategies, implementation of interventions, and follow-up actions after bulllying or cyberbullying has occured

Symposium

Peer defending, or actions taken to help victimized youth, continues to be an active field of research and a core component of many antibullying interventions. This symposium presents a collection of novel studies on peer defending, focused on the antecedents of defending, the strategies students use to intervene in bullying, and the consequences of being defended for victims. Together, our...