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Robert Thornberg

@drthornberg

Professor of Education. Main research interests: moral and social processes of bullying in school and online, peer victimization and bystander behaviors.

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Reading a PhD dissertation manuscript while listening to some soft, dreamy electronic music. open.spotify.com/playlist/2tV...

08.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library 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....

A positive class climate among peers predicts less #bullying and #cyberbullying, even when controlling for negative student-teacher relationships, gender, immigrant background, and within-class perceptions of class climate. #edpsychs doi.org/10.1002/berj...

07.03.2026 06:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Role of Parental Influences in Chinese Adolescents’ Academic Achievement through Shaping Friendship Network Dynamics - Journal of Youth and Adolescence Journal of Youth and Adolescence - Parents and friends are critical social influences on adolescents’ academic achievement, yet how they function together within dynamic friendship networks...

In this study in which 1,419 Chinese adolescents participated, we found that those who perceived high parental autonomy support were more likely to select high-achieving friends. #edpsychs doi.org/10.1007/s109...

05.02.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Disparities in the association between bullying victimization and risky sexual behaviors by sexual identity The current study examines sexual identity differences in the relationship between bullying victimization and risky sexual behaviors. Data for the study were derived from the 2023 dataset from the ...

Check out this new study in which we examined sexual identity differences in the relationship between bullying victimization and risky sexual behaviors. #edpsychs doi.org/10.1080/1468...

05.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An ethnographic study of school bullying, LGBTQI+ subjectivities and the institutional context of schooling in Sweden While the connection between schooling and spatial factors has been emphasised in studies of bullying, few investigations have explored how these factors contribute to the marginalisation and bully...

Check out this new ethnographic study, in which we explored the relations between school bullying, LGBTQI+ subjectivities, and the institutional context of schooling. doi.org/10.1080/1468...

05.02.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In this new grounded theory study, we found that #witnessing #bullying affected students’ feelings of authenticity, self-esteem, coping strategies, and academic focus. #bystander #edpsychs doi.org/10.3390/bs15...

02.12.2025 11:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œBe proud of me”: scholastic motivation of high-achieving students with migration backgrounds Declining school performance has fueled public debate in Sweden, with a particular focus on students with migration backgrounds, who are often perceived as underachievers in the Swedish educational...

In a new qualitative study, we explored how high-achieving students with migration backgrounds described and made sense of their academic motivation. #edpsychs doi.org/10.1080/0031...

02.12.2025 08:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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...

11.11.2025 14:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

World Anti-Bullying Forum 2027! #bullying worldantibullyingforum.com/lisbon-to-ho...

06.11.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Redirecting

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...

06.11.2025 07:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Redirecting

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...

17.09.2025 07:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library 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....

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...

03.09.2025 06:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vi sΓΆker dig som skulle vilja samla in kvalitativa data inom ramen fΓΆr ett forskningsprojekt om sexuella trakasserier bland elever i skolan (heltidsanstΓ€llning i 5 mΓ₯n): web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

28.08.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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...

18.08.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Check out our validated behavior-based #bullying scaleβ€”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...

17.08.2025 10:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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...

13.08.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

Our new study on #bullying victimization, #delinquency, and feelings about #violence is now published in an issue. #EdPsychs doi.org/10.1007/s109...

03.07.2025 04:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dreamy electronic music Playlist Β· Robert Thornberg Β· 162 items Β· 16 saves

Today’s playlist (dreamy electronic music to get the right mood) while translating an English survey into Swedish. open.spotify.com/playlist/2tV...

30.06.2025 09:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

In this recent studyβ€”with PhD student Antonio Cabrera-VΓ‘zquez as the lead authorβ€”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...

29.06.2025 18:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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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

16.06.2025 12:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today, the Swedish king passed by my window at the university.

26.05.2025 11:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Prevalence Rates of Bullying: A Comparison Between a Definition-Based Scale and a Behavior-Based Scale - BjΓΆrn SjΓΆgren, 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...

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...

26.05.2025 05:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr Greg Hadley offers a grounded theory workshop. For more info, check out the document below.

27.04.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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...

23.04.2025 07:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 ...

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...

10.04.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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...

25.03.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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...

25.03.2025 13:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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01.03.2025 12:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine

28.02.2025 20:44 πŸ‘ 80331 πŸ” 34285 πŸ’¬ 1177 πŸ“Œ 1666
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Vance accused Zelensky engaging in propaganda. Well, this showed up on my feed today.

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