Robert Thornberg
@drthornberg.bsky.social
Professor of Education. Main research interests: moral and social processes of bullying in school and online, peer victimization and bystander behaviors.
In a new study, we examined whether moral disengagement and defender self-efficacy were associated with two forms of passive bystanding in school bullying: unconcerned bystanding and guilty bystanding. #bullying #bystander #edpsychs doi.org/10.1007/s112...
Moral disengagement and defender self-efficacy and their associations with defending, unconcerned bystanding, and guilty bystanding in school bullying - Social Psychology of Education
The aim of the present study was to investigate whether moral disengagement and defender self-efficacy were related to defending, unconcerned bystanding, and guilty bystanding in school bullying among...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
In a new study, we examined whether moral disengagement and defender self-efficacy were associated with two forms of passive bystanding in school bullying: unconcerned bystanding and guilty bystanding. #bullying #bystander #edpsychs doi.org/10.1007/s112...
World Anti-Bullying Forum 2027! #bullying worldantibullyingforum.com/lisbon-to-ho...
Lisbon to Host the World Anti-Bullying Forum 2027
The World Anti-Bullying Forum (WABF) is proud to announce that its next global gathering will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, September 9–11, 2027, hosted by the Faculty of Psychology at the University o...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
World Anti-Bullying Forum 2027! #bullying worldantibullyingforum.com/lisbon-to-ho...
Are you interested in doing research on bystanders of online sexual harassment among adolescents? Check out our validation study of the new Responses to Image-Based Sexual Abuse (ReIBSA) scale. doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
Redirecting
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November 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Are you interested in doing research on bystanders of online sexual harassment among adolescents? Check out our validation study of the new Responses to Image-Based Sexual Abuse (ReIBSA) scale. doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
Our mixed-methods study showed: bullied students were more likely to attend counseling if they had disclosed bullying to a teacher or parent; the importance of positive counselor–student alliance (shared goals, trust, and mutual understanding). #bullying #EdPsychs doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
Redirecting
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September 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Our mixed-methods study showed: bullied students were more likely to attend counseling if they had disclosed bullying to a teacher or parent; the importance of positive counselor–student alliance (shared goals, trust, and mutual understanding). #bullying #EdPsychs doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
In a new study, we found that students who had more negative relationships with their teachers and students who belonged to school classes with a less positive class climate were more likely to engage in both traditional and cyber #bullying one year later. #edpsychs doi.org/10.1002/berj...
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The current study aimed to investigate whether negative student–teacher relationships and within-class perceptions of the class climate at the individual level, and positive class climates at the cla....
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September 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
In a new study, we found that students who had more negative relationships with their teachers and students who belonged to school classes with a less positive class climate were more likely to engage in both traditional and cyber #bullying one year later. #edpsychs doi.org/10.1002/berj...
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August 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Vi söker dig som skulle vilja samla in kvalitativa data inom ramen för ett forskningsprojekt om sexuella trakasserier bland elever i skolan (heltidsanställning i 5 mån): web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
Check out our new qualitative study examining how professional vision is expressed by teachers and other school staff in relation to their roles in promoting a positive school climate and identifying and preventing bullying and peer harassment. doi.org/10.1080/2000...
Mapping the language of professional vision: exploring obstacles and strategies for stimulating a positive school climate in three Swedish middle schools
A positive school climate is both pivotal for opposing bullying and other degrading treatment and dependent upon a whole-school approach. Although a growing body of research emphasises the importan...
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August 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Check out our new qualitative study examining how professional vision is expressed by teachers and other school staff in relation to their roles in promoting a positive school climate and identifying and preventing bullying and peer harassment. doi.org/10.1080/2000...
Check out our validated behavior-based #bullying scale—power imbalance is built in, so it’s not just an aggression scale. It’s free for everyone to use. #EdPsych #EduSky : psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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August 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Check out our validated behavior-based #bullying scale—power imbalance is built in, so it’s not just an aggression scale. It’s free for everyone to use. #EdPsych #EduSky : psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
In this new study, we found that school classes with a more well-functioning class climate were more likely to have a lower proportion of victims of #bullying one semester later. #edpsychs doi.org/10.1007/s112...
Well-functioning class climate and classroom prevalence of bullying victims: a short-term longitudinal class-Level path analysis - Social Psychology of Education
While research on how classroom climate impacts students’ bullying behavior has increased over past decades, studies on how a well-functioning class climate may impact the classroom prevalence of vict...
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August 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In this new study, we found that school classes with a more well-functioning class climate were more likely to have a lower proportion of victims of #bullying one semester later. #edpsychs doi.org/10.1007/s112...
Our new study on #bullying victimization, #delinquency, and feelings about #violence is now published in an issue. #EdPsychs doi.org/10.1007/s109...
Can Expressing Feelings About Violence be a Protective Buffer in the Linkage Between Bullying Victimization and Delinquent Activities? - Journal of Prevention
The current study explores whether expressing feelings about violence through journal or notebook and/or school assignment might be associated with a decrease in delinquent activities, such as substan...
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July 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Our new study on #bullying victimization, #delinquency, and feelings about #violence is now published in an issue. #EdPsychs doi.org/10.1007/s109...
Today’s playlist (dreamy electronic music to get the right mood) while translating an English survey into Swedish. open.spotify.com/playlist/2tV...
Dreamy electronic music
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June 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Today’s playlist (dreamy electronic music to get the right mood) while translating an English survey into Swedish. open.spotify.com/playlist/2tV...
In this recent study—with PhD student Antonio Cabrera-Vázquez as the lead author—we found that moral disengagement and schadenfreude at the individual level and moral disengagement at the classroom level were positively linked to #bullying perpetration. #EdPsychs doi.org/10.1080/1538...
Schadenfreude and Bullying in Adolescents. Is Class Moral Disengagement a Moderator?
The aim of this study was to examine whether schadenfreude and moral disengagement at the individual level, and class moral disengagement at the classroom level, are associated with bullying perpet...
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June 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In this recent study—with PhD student Antonio Cabrera-Vázquez as the lead author—we found that moral disengagement and schadenfreude at the individual level and moral disengagement at the classroom level were positively linked to #bullying perpetration. #EdPsychs doi.org/10.1080/1538...
I had the honor of serving as a keynote speaker at WABF and would like to reiterate my message: If you are an early-career bullying researcher, we need to know more about classroom-level collective efficacy to stop peer aggression, class climate, and collective moral disengagement. #edpsychs
June 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I had the honor of serving as a keynote speaker at WABF and would like to reiterate my message: If you are an early-career bullying researcher, we need to know more about classroom-level collective efficacy to stop peer aggression, class climate, and collective moral disengagement. #edpsychs
Today, the Swedish king passed by my window at the university.
May 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Today, the Swedish king passed by my window at the university.
Check out this study in which we compared #bullying perpetration and victimization prevalence rates between a definition-based scale and a behavior-based scale. #edpsychs doi.org/10.1177/0886...
Prevalence Rates of Bullying: A Comparison Between a Definition-Based Scale and a Behavior-Based Scale - Björn Sjögren, Ylva Bjereld, Robert Thornberg, Jun Sung Hong, Dorothy L. Espelage, 2025
Self-reported measures of school bullying can be divided into two subtypes. Definition-based measures present a bullying definition followed by one question abo...
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May 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Check out this study in which we compared #bullying perpetration and victimization prevalence rates between a definition-based scale and a behavior-based scale. #edpsychs doi.org/10.1177/0886...
Dr Greg Hadley offers a grounded theory workshop. For more info, check out the document below.
April 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Dr Greg Hadley offers a grounded theory workshop. For more info, check out the document below.
Check out our new qualitative study examining how school students describe obstacles and strategies for creating a positive school climate based on how they perceived the vision and noticing of school professionals. www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14...
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April 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Check out our new qualitative study examining how school students describe obstacles and strategies for creating a positive school climate based on how they perceived the vision and noticing of school professionals. www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14...
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My latest article about inclusive education and the bullying involvement of boys with special educational needs, co-authored by Camilla Forsberg and @drthornberg.bsky.social, is now freely available online in the International Journal of Inclusive Education: doi.org/10.1080/1360...
Inclusive education and the bullying involvement of boys with special educational needs at a Swedish elementary school
Previous research has found that students with special educational needs (SEN) are at increased risk of involvement in school bullying, that they tend to have fewer friends than non-SEN peers, and ...
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April 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My latest article about inclusive education and the bullying involvement of boys with special educational needs, co-authored by Camilla Forsberg and @drthornberg.bsky.social, is now freely available online in the International Journal of Inclusive Education: doi.org/10.1080/1360...
In this study, we found that narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and moral disengagement were directly linked to cyberbullying; Machiavellianism and psychopathy were also indirectly linked to cyberbullying, mediated by moral disengagement. doi.org/10.1080/0163...
From Dark Triad Personality Traits to Digital Harm: Mediating Cyberbullying Through Online Moral Disengagement
This study aimed to investigate (a) the relationships between the three dimensions of dark triad personality traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy), moral disengagement, and cyberbu...
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March 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In this study, we found that narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and moral disengagement were directly linked to cyberbullying; Machiavellianism and psychopathy were also indirectly linked to cyberbullying, mediated by moral disengagement. doi.org/10.1080/0163...
Our study on bystander reactions across different bullying types, with Tomas Jungert as the lead author, is finally published in an issue. doi.org/10.1080/1538...
Classroom Bullying: Understanding Bystander Reactions Across Different Bullying Types
School-based bullying is a widespread issue, but it occurs less often when bystanders defend the victims. This study examined whether type of bullying and students’ trust in their teacher’s ability...
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March 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Our study on bystander reactions across different bullying types, with Tomas Jungert as the lead author, is finally published in an issue. doi.org/10.1080/1538...
Reposted by Robert Thornberg
Vance accused Zelensky engaging in propaganda. Well, this showed up on my feed today.
March 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Vance accused Zelensky engaging in propaganda. Well, this showed up on my feed today.
In addition to the quantitative findings showing that teacher–student relationship quality predicts student engagement one year later, the qualitative findings showed that students want teachers to be kind, caring, helpful, skilled, funny, and fair. doi.org/10.1080/0267...
Teacher–Student Relationship Quality and Student Engagement: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed-Methods Study
The overall objective of this study was to examine the links between teacher–student relationship quality and student engagement, delimited to affective and behavioural engagement. We used a sequen...
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March 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
In addition to the quantitative findings showing that teacher–student relationship quality predicts student engagement one year later, the qualitative findings showed that students want teachers to be kind, caring, helpful, skilled, funny, and fair. doi.org/10.1080/0267...
Check out this study on Swedish students' perspectives on supportive school climates and help-seeking; 59 focus group interviews; three main categories: (1) teachers as sources of support; (2) availability of support; and (3) consistent and responsive support. doi.org/10.1080/0264...
A qualitative study of Swedish pupils’ perspectives on supportive school climates and help-seeking
The aim of this study is to explore pupils’ perspectives on school climate, with a focus on help-seeking from teachers when experiencing unsafe incidents. Fifty-nine focus group interviews were con...
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February 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Check out this study on Swedish students' perspectives on supportive school climates and help-seeking; 59 focus group interviews; three main categories: (1) teachers as sources of support; (2) availability of support; and (3) consistent and responsive support. doi.org/10.1080/0264...