Bystander behavior refers to how people act or react when they witness something happening but choose not to get directly involved. It can involve staying silent, doing nothing, or not taking action to help or intervene in a situation.
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The program is used throughout the Finnish schools and has met with success in dealing with bullying by focuses mainly
on bystander behaviors.
Studies funded by the CDC have proven that Coaching Boys Into Men effectively increases
positive bystander behaviors and decreases abuse perpetration.
Huang Z, Liu Z, Liu X, Lv L, Zhang Y, Ou L, Li L. Risk Factors Associated with Peer Victimization and
Bystander Behaviors among Adolescent Students.
Many teachers also use this famous quotation by Martin Niemoeller to help students understand the impact
of bystander behavior:
Compared with students in the control group, treatment students reported significantly greater increases
in bystander behavior.
There were lower levels of bullying outcomes in the intervention group relative to the control group (e.g., observed bullying behavior, nonbullying aggression,
destructive bystander behavior and students involved in malicious gossip).
The program is used throughout the Finnish schools and has met with success in dealing with bullying by focuses mainly
on bystander behaviors.
The tour addresses themes of national and collective identity, stereotyping and conflict, judgment and memory, upstander and
bystander behavior, and the choices we make that impact those around us.
Themes such as
bystander behavior, obedience, rescuers and resisters, and civic participation are examined in history, literature, and the arts.