Bystanders’ Victim Blaming and Minimizing Consequences of Weight-Based Cyberhate Attacks: The Roles of anti-Fat Attitudes, Body-Positive Online Content, and Gender

Physical appearance and, specifically, weight are common reasons for cyberhate attacks among adolescents. Using a between-subject experimental design, this study focuses on the bystanders of such attacks on Instagram. We investigate bystanders’ assessments in the form of two moral disengagement (MD)...

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Authors: Bedrosova, Marie (Author) ; Kvardova, Nikol (Author) ; Macháčková, Hana (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Year: 2023, Volume: 38, Issue: 9/10, Pages: 6915-6941
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Keywords:
Moral Disengagement
weight discrimination
Victim blaming
minimizing consequences
cyberhate
Adolescents