Social Cognitive Predictors of Bystander Intervention in Racial Microaggressions Among College Students

• DOI: 10.1007/s12552-024-09412-2
• Publication Date: 2024-03-08T07:01:27Z
• Authors: Laura Reid Marks; Lyndsay Jenkins; Lara Perez-Felkner; Da’Shay Portis Te...; Khyati Verma
• Keywords: Bystander effect; Disengagement theory; White (mutation); Social Cognitive Theory; Social distance; Association (psychology); Social dominance orientation

Abstract Integrating microintervention strategies and the bystander intervention model, we examined social cognitive predictors (i.e., moral disengagement, empathy, self-efficacy) of five steps model Notice, Interpret, Accept, Know, Act) to address racial microaggressions in a sample 452 racially diverse college students. Data were collected using an online survey. Path analyses showed that disengagement was significantly negatively related each step for White students, but students color, it only associated with Act. Empathy positively Act For student however, there significant positive association solely between both self-efficacy Finally, race did not moderate any relationships. Strengths, limitations, future directions research, implications study findings are discussed.