The associations between reading mind in the eyes abilities, alexithymia, empathy, and bullying behavior in Turkish adolescents.
Ezgi S DemirdogenNursah AlucBurak AkdenizDusum BasarNishchint WarikooMesut YavuzPublished in: Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, Inc (2022)
These findings highlight the critical impact of the poor comprehension of mental states and emotional statuses of other people and low emphatic thinking capacity in the emergence of bullying behaviors among adolescents. Therapeutic interventions focusing on improving these factors may therefore be useful in prevention and management programs for bullying behavior.