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Alexander Wettstein

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ID199293
NAMEAlexander Wettstein
GIVEN NAMESAlexander
FAMILY NAMEWettstein
SIGNATUREWETTSTEIN A
AFFILIATIONSPädagogische Hochschule Bern
ORCID0000-0002-5612-3144
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS20
AUTHOR COUNT23
EDITOR COUNT4
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2
  • Affective, cognitive, and normative correlates of bystander profiles in racist hate speech: Cross-level moderation of empathy by anti-hate speech norms

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Julia Kansok‐Dusche et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Education•2026

    Background Hate speech in schools threatens inclusive classroom climates, positioning bystanders as central actors in either reinforcing or counteracting discriminatory interactions. While prior research has identified individual predictors of bystander behavior, less is known about how affective, cognitive, and normative processes across ecological levels jointly shape heterogeneous response patterns. Grounded in the Social Cognitive Theory, thi…

  • The multi-perspective assessment of pedagogical interaction quality as a tool for teaching development: Insights from the Intakt pilot study

    Open Access•Laura Schwitter, Boris Eckstein et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Education•2026

    Effective pedagogical interactions are an important prerequisite for the cognitive, emotional, and motivational development of students and the health of teachers. Yet the dynamics of pedagogical interactions have not yet been sufficiently conceptualized or adequately researched from multiple perspectives. The INTAKT study addresses these gaps by investigating teachers’ and students’ behaviors and experiences in secondary school classes–from thei…

  • Schule in gesellschaftlichen Krisenzeiten: Resilienz und Partizipation von Kindern und Jugendlichen fördern

    Julia Asbrand, Steve Kenner et al.•BOOK•Schule in gesellschaftlichen…•2025

  • Social overload and fear of negative evaluation mediate the effect of neuroticism on classroom disruptions that predicts occupational problems in teachers over two years

    Open Access•Gabriel Jenni, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•Social Psychology of Education•2025•References: 2

    Research on teacher stress has identified classroom disruptions as a major risk factor. However, teachers perceive classroom disruptions “through the lens” of their own personalities. This observational study involving 42 teachers (28 female, M age = 39.66, SD = 11.99) aimed to compare teacher-perceived and observed classroom disruptions and examine how neuroticism, fear of negative evaluation, and social overload influence teachers’ perception o…

  • Associations between teachers’ beliefs and their perception of hate speech in school: A study in Germany and Switzerland

    Open Access•Julia Kansok‐Dusche, Julia Kansok-Dusche et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Education•2024

    Hate speech is a global issue that is also prevalent among adolescents and requires an educational response. Teachers handle hate speech as part of their professional role. To date, we know little about their beliefs in relation to the early stages of their interventional actions, specifically to their perception of hate speech in school. Thus, this study examined associations between teachers’ social dominance orientation, their pluralist attitu…

  • Teachers’ Heart Rate Variability and Behavioral Reactions in Aggressive Interactions: Teachers Can Downregulate Their Physiological Arousal, and Progesterone Favors Social Integrative Teacher Response…

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Sonja Krähling et al.•ARTICLE•European Journal of Investigation…•2024

    Aggressive student behavior is considered one of the main risk factors for teacher stress. The present study investigated teachers’ physiological and behavioral reactions when facing aggressive student behavior and examined which resources favor adaptive teacher reactions. The sample included 42 teachers. We assessed (a) teacher self-reports (i.e., resources, risk factors, and vital exhaustion) (b) classroom observations, (c) ambulatory assessmen…

  • Teachers’ intervention strategies for handling hate-speech incidents in schools

    Open Access•Ludwig Bilz, Saskia M Fischer et al.•ARTICLE•Social Psychology of Education•2024•References: 5

    Despite ongoing global efforts to combat discrimination, hate speech is a growing problem in many countries. Hate speech is also widespread among young people and thus also affects schools. Because of the negative consequences of hate speech for the targeted individuals and for society in general, schools and teachers are generally encouraged to moderate hate speech. This binational study examines intervention strategies for hate speech in school…

  • Validation of the multidimensional bystander responses to racist hate speech scale and its association with empathy and moral disengagement among adolescents

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Ludwig Bilz et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2024•Cited by: 2•References: 51

    Our understanding of how bystanders respond to hate speech is limited. This may be due, in part, to the lack of available measurement tools. However, understanding adolescents’ responses to hate speech is critical because this kind of research can support schools in empowering students to exhibit courageous moral behavior. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the newly developed Multidimensional…

  • Direct and indirect effects of social dominance orientation on hate speech perpetration via empathy and moral disengagement among adolescents: A multilevel mediation model

    Open Access•Melisa Castellanos, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2024•Cited by: 4•References: 59

    Although it is known that social dominance orientation directly affects hate speech perpetration, few studies have explored the mechanisms by which this effect takes place during adolescence. Based on the socio‐cognitive theory of moral agency, we aimed to fill this gap in the literature by exploring the direct and indirect effects of social dominance orientation on hate speech perpetration in offline and online settings. The sample included seve…

  • Individual and Contextual Correlates of Latent Bystander Profiles toward Racist Hate Speech: A Multilevel Person-centered Approach

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Youth and Adolescence•2024•References: 40

    Prior research into bystander responses to hate speech has utilized variable-centered analyses — such approaches risk simplifying the complex nature of bystander behaviors. Hence, the present study used a person-centered analysis to investigate latent hate speech bystander profiles. In addition, individual and classroom-level correlates associated with the various profiles were studied. The sample included 3225 students in grades 7–9 (51.7% self-…

  • Lern- und Verhaltensschwierigkeiten in der Schule: Erscheinungsformen - Entwicklungsmodelle - Implikationen für die Praxis

    Marcus Hasselhorn, Andreas Gold et al.•BOOK•Lern- und Verhaltensschwierigkeiten…•2023

    SchülerInnen mit Lernschwierigkeiten zeigen häufig auch Probleme im Verhalten - und umgekehrt. Für SchülerIinnen und Lehrkräfte sind solche gleichzeitig auftretende Phänomene eine große Herausforderung, die mit Fragen zur gezielten Unterstützung dieser Zielgruppe einhergeht. Das Buch fokussiert das Phänomen gleichzeitig auftretender Lern- und Verhaltensschwierigkeiten in der Schule mit dem Ziel, Grundlagen- und Handlungswissen zu dem Thema zu ver…

  • Hate speech in adolescents: A binational study on prevalence and demographic differences

    Open Access•Melisa Castellanos, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Education•2023

    Hate speech, or intentional derogatory expressions about people based on assigned group characteristics, has been studied primarily in online contexts. Less is known about the occurrence of this phenomenon in schools. As it has negative consequences for victims, perpetrators, and those who witness it, it is crucial to characterize the occurrence of offline (i.e., in the school) and online hate speech to describe similarities and differences betwe…

  • The relation of classroom climate to adolescents' countering hate speech via social skills: A positive youth development perspective

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Alberto Valido et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Adolescence•2023

    INTRODUCTION: Hate speech is a current challenge for schools around the globe. At the same time, students worldwide stand up to hate speech by countering it. Guided by a positive youth development perspective, the present study investigated the direct and indirect associations between classroom climate (environmental assets), social skills (personal assets), and countering hate speech (as a proxy of thriving) among adolescents. METHODS: The sampl…

  • Racist Hate Speech at School and its Association with Bystanders’ Active Defending – The Protective Role of Immigrant Background

    Open Access•Melisa Castellanos, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2023

    There are scarce studies on bystanders’ responses to racist hate speech. The present study was rooted in the general aggression model to examine the direct and indirect associations between witnessing racist hate speech and bystanders’ active defending behaviors. Moreover, we examined if these associations varied as a function of the immigration background of bystanders. The sample included 3,225 7 th , 8 th , and 9 th graders (51.7% girls, 37.2%…

  • Predictors of Psychological Strain and Allostatic Load in Teachers: Examining the Long-Term Effects of Biopsychosocial Risk and Protective Factors Using a Lasso Regression Approach

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Gabriel Jenni et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2023

    Teacher stress significantly challenges teachers' health, teaching quality, and students' motivation and achievement. Thus, it is crucial to identify factors that effectively prevent it. Using a LASSO regression approach, we examined which factors predict teachers' psychological strain and allostatic load over two years. The study included 42 teachers (28 female, M age = 39.66, SD = 11.99) and three measurement time points: At baseline, we assess…

  • Teachers' perception of aggressive student behavior through the lens of chronic worry and resignation, and its association with psychophysiological stress: An observational study

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Gabriel Jenni et al.•ARTICLE•Social Psychology of Education•2023•References: 1

    Aggressive student behavior is considered a leading risk factor for teacher stress. However, teachers' coping styles may affect how they perceive and respond to aggressive student behavior. This study tests whether teachers' perceptions of aggressive student behavior mainly mirror objectively observed aggression in presence of the teacher (as coded by external observers) or whether teachers' perception of aggressive student behavior primarily ref…

  • Beziehungen in der Schule gestalten: Für ein gelingendes Miteinander

    Marion Scherzinger, Fred Berger et al.•BOOK•Beziehungen in der Schule gestalten•2022

    Die Gestaltung positiver Beziehungen in der Schule gehört zu den zentralen Aufgaben des Lehrberufs. Aber wie gelingt es, eine tragfähige Beziehung zu den Schülerinnen und Schülern aufzubauen? Eine Beziehung, die sich durch einen freundlichen Umgangston, wechselseitigen Respekt und Wärme auszeichnet? Wie lässt sich eine Klassenkultur schaffen, in der sich Schülerinnen und Schüler zugehörig fühlen, sich gegenseitig unterstützen und motivieren und i…

  • The Online Hate Speech Cycle of Violence: Moderating Effects of Moral Disengagement and Empathy in the Victim-to-Perpetrator Relationship

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Ludwig Bilz et al.•ARTICLE•Cyberpsychology Behavior and…•2022

    Adolescents around the globe are increasingly exposed to online hate speech (OHS). And yet little is known about the varying roles of involvement and the determinants of adolescents' hate speech perpetration. Building on previous research, this study aims to test the cycle of violence hypothesis for OHS and to analyze whether moral disengagement (MD) and empathy moderate the victim-to-perpetrator relationship. The sample consists of 3,560 seventh…

  • Adolescents’ motivations to perpetrate hate speech and links with social norms

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•Comunicar•2022•Cited by: 12•References: 3

    Hate speech has become a widespread phenomenon, however, it remains largely unclear why adolescents engage in it and which factors are associated with their motivations for perpetrating hate speech. To this end, we developed the multidimensional “Motivations for Hate Speech Perpetration Scale” (MHATE) and evaluated the psychometric properties. We also explored the associations between social norms and adolescents’ motivations for hate speech perp…

  • Basiswissen Verschwörungsmythen: Ein Leitfaden für Lehrende und Lernende

    Sophia Bock, Fred Berger et al.•BOOK•Basiswissen Verschwörungsmythen•2021

    Von Corona-Leugnung über Pizzagate und QAnon bis zur jüdischen Weltverschwörung - Verschwörungsmythen haben Hochkonjunktur. Als verführerische Antworten auf komplexe Fragen dringen sie gerade in Krisenzeiten in die Alltagskommunikation ein, vergiften mit ihren Freund-Feind-Bildern das Meinungsklima und gefährden so das demokratische Zusammenleben. In diesem Band wird den pädagogisch Tätigen Grundlagenwissen zum Phänomen Verschwörungsmythen vermit…

  • Teacher Stress: A Psychobiological Approach to Stressful Interactions in the Classroom

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Sandra Schneider et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Education•2021

    Teachers report elevated levels of stress and psychosomatic illnesses compared to other professions. Teacher stress has far-reaching consequences on their health outcomes, the student's motivation, and the economy. However, research on teacher stress relies mainly on self-reports, hence, assesses stress on purely subjective perception. Personal or subjective aspects can strongly influence these measures, and biological stress may even be unnotice…

  • Class- and subject teachers’ self-efficacy and emotional stability and students’ perceptions of the teacher–student relationship, classroom management, and classroom disruptions

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Erich Ramseier et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Psychology•2021

    The results of the present study show a distinctive pattern for class teachers and subject teachers. In class teachers, high self-rated emotional stability and self-efficacy are associated with a more positive evaluation (compared to student ratings) of the teacher-student relationship and classroom management skills but not teacher perceptions of student misbehavior. On the contrary, subject teachers' firm self-efficacy beliefs are associated wi…

  • Rechtsextremismus pädagogisch begegnen: Handlungswissen für die Schule

    Michael May, Gudrun Heinrich et al.•BOOK•Rechtsextremismus pädagogisch…•2020

    Rechtsextremismus und menschenfeindliche Einstellungen machen auch vor der Institution Schule nicht halt. Der Band verfolgt das Ziel, das Problemfeld Rechtsextremismus und Schule in komprimierter Form zu umreißen sowie Handlungsoptionen anhand konkreter Fälle und Beispiele aufzuzeigen. Im Anschluss an den aktuellen Forschungsstand wird das Phänomen beschrieben und im Hinblick auf Ursachen sowie pädagogische und rechtliche Handlungsoptionen unters…

  • Using camera-glasses for the assessment of aggressive behaviour among adolescents in residential correctional care: A small-scale study

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Marion Scherzinger•ARTICLE•Journal of Aggression Conflict…•2015•References: 9

    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine naturally occurring episodes of aggressive interaction among adolescents in residential correctional programmes. The aims of our study were twofold. First, the development of a new camera-glasses method, and second, the method's applicability in the study of aggressive adolescents in residential care. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a mobile assessment strategy, the paper developed a new me…

  • The additive and interactive roles of aggression, prosocial behavior, and social preference in predicting resource control in young children

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Mara Brendgen et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Aggression Conflict…•2013•Cited by: 1•References: 20

    Purpose Distinguishing between physical and social aggression, this study aimed to examine whether the predictive effect of aggression on resource control is moderated by prosocial behavior and corresponds to a linear or a curvilinear trend. Moderating effects of children's social preference among peers and child sex in this context were also tested. Design/methodology/approach Based on a sample of 682 kindergarten children (348 girls; average ag…

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  • Adolescents’ motivations to perpetrate hate speech and links with social norms

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•Comunicar•2022•Cited by: 12•References: 3

    Hate speech has become a widespread phenomenon, however, it remains largely unclear why adolescents engage in it and which factors are associated with their motivations for perpetrating hate speech. To this end, we developed the multidimensional “Motivations for Hate Speech Perpetration Scale” (MHATE) and evaluated the psychometric properties. We also explored the associations between social norms and adolescents’ motivations for hate speech perp…

  • Direct and indirect effects of social dominance orientation on hate speech perpetration via empathy and moral disengagement among adolescents: A multilevel mediation model

    Open Access•Melisa Castellanos, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2024•Cited by: 4•References: 59

    Although it is known that social dominance orientation directly affects hate speech perpetration, few studies have explored the mechanisms by which this effect takes place during adolescence. Based on the socio‐cognitive theory of moral agency, we aimed to fill this gap in the literature by exploring the direct and indirect effects of social dominance orientation on hate speech perpetration in offline and online settings. The sample included seve…

  • Validation of the multidimensional bystander responses to racist hate speech scale and its association with empathy and moral disengagement among adolescents

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Ludwig Bilz et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2024•Cited by: 2•References: 51

    Our understanding of how bystanders respond to hate speech is limited. This may be due, in part, to the lack of available measurement tools. However, understanding adolescents’ responses to hate speech is critical because this kind of research can support schools in empowering students to exhibit courageous moral behavior. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the newly developed Multidimensional…

  • The additive and interactive roles of aggression, prosocial behavior, and social preference in predicting resource control in young children

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Mara Brendgen et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Aggression Conflict…•2013•Cited by: 1•References: 20

    Purpose Distinguishing between physical and social aggression, this study aimed to examine whether the predictive effect of aggression on resource control is moderated by prosocial behavior and corresponds to a linear or a curvilinear trend. Moderating effects of children's social preference among peers and child sex in this context were also tested. Design/methodology/approach Based on a sample of 682 kindergarten children (348 girls; average ag…

  • Assessing aggressive adolescents' environments from their perspective by using camera‐glasses: An innovative new method

    Alexander Wettstein, Mascha Jakob•ARTICLE•Journal of Aggression Conflict…•2010•Cited by: 1•References: 4

    The General Aggression Model (GAM) by Anderson & Bushman (2002) reveals the great depth of research on internal processes. Research on naturally occurring aggressive interaction episodes in specific material and social environments, however, is still largely lacking. How can information about environmental requirements and social processes relevant to aggression be acquired methodically? Based on an ambulatory assessment strategy, we discuss vari…

  • Culture as the Co-evolution of Psychic and Social Systems: New Perspectives on the Person—Environment Relationship

    Open Access•Beat Thommen, Alexander Wettstein•ARTICLE•Culture & Psychology•2010

    In this article we contribute a new theoretical perspective to the analysis of the relationship between individual and culture, and the person and the environment. Many hotly debated issues in cultural psychology, such as reification, the discourse of personality traits, and models of part—whole hierarchies are productively addressed. Taking a systems-theoretical approach following Niklas Luhmann and others, we distinguish three different types o…

  • Assessing aggressive adolescents' environments from their perspective by using camera‐glasses: An innovative new method

    Alexander Wettstein, Mascha Jakob•ARTICLE•Journal of Aggression Conflict…•2010•Cited by: 1•References: 4

    The General Aggression Model (GAM) by Anderson & Bushman (2002) reveals the great depth of research on internal processes. Research on naturally occurring aggressive interaction episodes in specific material and social environments, however, is still largely lacking. How can information about environmental requirements and social processes relevant to aggression be acquired methodically? Based on an ambulatory assessment strategy, we discuss vari…

  • The additive and interactive roles of aggression, prosocial behavior, and social preference in predicting resource control in young children

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Mara Brendgen et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Aggression Conflict…•2013•Cited by: 1•References: 20

    Purpose Distinguishing between physical and social aggression, this study aimed to examine whether the predictive effect of aggression on resource control is moderated by prosocial behavior and corresponds to a linear or a curvilinear trend. Moderating effects of children's social preference among peers and child sex in this context were also tested. Design/methodology/approach Based on a sample of 682 kindergarten children (348 girls; average ag…

  • Using camera-glasses for the assessment of aggressive behaviour among adolescents in residential correctional care: A small-scale study

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Marion Scherzinger•ARTICLE•Journal of Aggression Conflict…•2015•References: 9

    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine naturally occurring episodes of aggressive interaction among adolescents in residential correctional programmes. The aims of our study were twofold. First, the development of a new camera-glasses method, and second, the method's applicability in the study of aggressive adolescents in residential care. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a mobile assessment strategy, the paper developed a new me…

  • Rechtsextremismus pädagogisch begegnen: Handlungswissen für die Schule

    Michael May, Gudrun Heinrich et al.•BOOK•Rechtsextremismus pädagogisch…•2020

    Rechtsextremismus und menschenfeindliche Einstellungen machen auch vor der Institution Schule nicht halt. Der Band verfolgt das Ziel, das Problemfeld Rechtsextremismus und Schule in komprimierter Form zu umreißen sowie Handlungsoptionen anhand konkreter Fälle und Beispiele aufzuzeigen. Im Anschluss an den aktuellen Forschungsstand wird das Phänomen beschrieben und im Hinblick auf Ursachen sowie pädagogische und rechtliche Handlungsoptionen unters…

  • Basiswissen Verschwörungsmythen: Ein Leitfaden für Lehrende und Lernende

    Sophia Bock, Fred Berger et al.•BOOK•Basiswissen Verschwörungsmythen•2021

    Von Corona-Leugnung über Pizzagate und QAnon bis zur jüdischen Weltverschwörung - Verschwörungsmythen haben Hochkonjunktur. Als verführerische Antworten auf komplexe Fragen dringen sie gerade in Krisenzeiten in die Alltagskommunikation ein, vergiften mit ihren Freund-Feind-Bildern das Meinungsklima und gefährden so das demokratische Zusammenleben. In diesem Band wird den pädagogisch Tätigen Grundlagenwissen zum Phänomen Verschwörungsmythen vermit…

  • Teacher Stress: A Psychobiological Approach to Stressful Interactions in the Classroom

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Sandra Schneider et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Education•2021

    Teachers report elevated levels of stress and psychosomatic illnesses compared to other professions. Teacher stress has far-reaching consequences on their health outcomes, the student's motivation, and the economy. However, research on teacher stress relies mainly on self-reports, hence, assesses stress on purely subjective perception. Personal or subjective aspects can strongly influence these measures, and biological stress may even be unnotice…

  • Class- and subject teachers’ self-efficacy and emotional stability and students’ perceptions of the teacher–student relationship, classroom management, and classroom disruptions

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Erich Ramseier et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Psychology•2021

    The results of the present study show a distinctive pattern for class teachers and subject teachers. In class teachers, high self-rated emotional stability and self-efficacy are associated with a more positive evaluation (compared to student ratings) of the teacher-student relationship and classroom management skills but not teacher perceptions of student misbehavior. On the contrary, subject teachers' firm self-efficacy beliefs are associated wi…

  • Beziehungen in der Schule gestalten: Für ein gelingendes Miteinander

    Marion Scherzinger, Fred Berger et al.•BOOK•Beziehungen in der Schule gestalten•2022

    Die Gestaltung positiver Beziehungen in der Schule gehört zu den zentralen Aufgaben des Lehrberufs. Aber wie gelingt es, eine tragfähige Beziehung zu den Schülerinnen und Schülern aufzubauen? Eine Beziehung, die sich durch einen freundlichen Umgangston, wechselseitigen Respekt und Wärme auszeichnet? Wie lässt sich eine Klassenkultur schaffen, in der sich Schülerinnen und Schüler zugehörig fühlen, sich gegenseitig unterstützen und motivieren und i…

  • The Online Hate Speech Cycle of Violence: Moderating Effects of Moral Disengagement and Empathy in the Victim-to-Perpetrator Relationship

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Ludwig Bilz et al.•ARTICLE•Cyberpsychology Behavior and…•2022

    Adolescents around the globe are increasingly exposed to online hate speech (OHS). And yet little is known about the varying roles of involvement and the determinants of adolescents' hate speech perpetration. Building on previous research, this study aims to test the cycle of violence hypothesis for OHS and to analyze whether moral disengagement (MD) and empathy moderate the victim-to-perpetrator relationship. The sample consists of 3,560 seventh…

  • Adolescents’ motivations to perpetrate hate speech and links with social norms

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•Comunicar•2022•Cited by: 12•References: 3

    Hate speech has become a widespread phenomenon, however, it remains largely unclear why adolescents engage in it and which factors are associated with their motivations for perpetrating hate speech. To this end, we developed the multidimensional “Motivations for Hate Speech Perpetration Scale” (MHATE) and evaluated the psychometric properties. We also explored the associations between social norms and adolescents’ motivations for hate speech perp…

  • Lern- und Verhaltensschwierigkeiten in der Schule: Erscheinungsformen - Entwicklungsmodelle - Implikationen für die Praxis

    Marcus Hasselhorn, Andreas Gold et al.•BOOK•Lern- und Verhaltensschwierigkeiten…•2023

    SchülerInnen mit Lernschwierigkeiten zeigen häufig auch Probleme im Verhalten - und umgekehrt. Für SchülerIinnen und Lehrkräfte sind solche gleichzeitig auftretende Phänomene eine große Herausforderung, die mit Fragen zur gezielten Unterstützung dieser Zielgruppe einhergeht. Das Buch fokussiert das Phänomen gleichzeitig auftretender Lern- und Verhaltensschwierigkeiten in der Schule mit dem Ziel, Grundlagen- und Handlungswissen zu dem Thema zu ver…

  • Hate speech in adolescents: A binational study on prevalence and demographic differences

    Open Access•Melisa Castellanos, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Education•2023

    Hate speech, or intentional derogatory expressions about people based on assigned group characteristics, has been studied primarily in online contexts. Less is known about the occurrence of this phenomenon in schools. As it has negative consequences for victims, perpetrators, and those who witness it, it is crucial to characterize the occurrence of offline (i.e., in the school) and online hate speech to describe similarities and differences betwe…

  • The relation of classroom climate to adolescents' countering hate speech via social skills: A positive youth development perspective

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Alberto Valido et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Adolescence•2023

    INTRODUCTION: Hate speech is a current challenge for schools around the globe. At the same time, students worldwide stand up to hate speech by countering it. Guided by a positive youth development perspective, the present study investigated the direct and indirect associations between classroom climate (environmental assets), social skills (personal assets), and countering hate speech (as a proxy of thriving) among adolescents. METHODS: The sampl…

  • Racist Hate Speech at School and its Association with Bystanders’ Active Defending – The Protective Role of Immigrant Background

    Open Access•Melisa Castellanos, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2023

    There are scarce studies on bystanders’ responses to racist hate speech. The present study was rooted in the general aggression model to examine the direct and indirect associations between witnessing racist hate speech and bystanders’ active defending behaviors. Moreover, we examined if these associations varied as a function of the immigration background of bystanders. The sample included 3,225 7 th , 8 th , and 9 th graders (51.7% girls, 37.2%…

  • Predictors of Psychological Strain and Allostatic Load in Teachers: Examining the Long-Term Effects of Biopsychosocial Risk and Protective Factors Using a Lasso Regression Approach

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Gabriel Jenni et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2023

    Teacher stress significantly challenges teachers' health, teaching quality, and students' motivation and achievement. Thus, it is crucial to identify factors that effectively prevent it. Using a LASSO regression approach, we examined which factors predict teachers' psychological strain and allostatic load over two years. The study included 42 teachers (28 female, M age = 39.66, SD = 11.99) and three measurement time points: At baseline, we assess…

  • Teachers' perception of aggressive student behavior through the lens of chronic worry and resignation, and its association with psychophysiological stress: An observational study

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Gabriel Jenni et al.•ARTICLE•Social Psychology of Education•2023•References: 1

    Aggressive student behavior is considered a leading risk factor for teacher stress. However, teachers' coping styles may affect how they perceive and respond to aggressive student behavior. This study tests whether teachers' perceptions of aggressive student behavior mainly mirror objectively observed aggression in presence of the teacher (as coded by external observers) or whether teachers' perception of aggressive student behavior primarily ref…

  • Associations between teachers’ beliefs and their perception of hate speech in school: A study in Germany and Switzerland

    Open Access•Julia Kansok‐Dusche, Julia Kansok-Dusche et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Education•2024

    Hate speech is a global issue that is also prevalent among adolescents and requires an educational response. Teachers handle hate speech as part of their professional role. To date, we know little about their beliefs in relation to the early stages of their interventional actions, specifically to their perception of hate speech in school. Thus, this study examined associations between teachers’ social dominance orientation, their pluralist attitu…

  • Teachers’ Heart Rate Variability and Behavioral Reactions in Aggressive Interactions: Teachers Can Downregulate Their Physiological Arousal, and Progesterone Favors Social Integrative Teacher Response…

    Open Access•Alexander Wettstein, Sonja Krähling et al.•ARTICLE•European Journal of Investigation…•2024

    Aggressive student behavior is considered one of the main risk factors for teacher stress. The present study investigated teachers’ physiological and behavioral reactions when facing aggressive student behavior and examined which resources favor adaptive teacher reactions. The sample included 42 teachers. We assessed (a) teacher self-reports (i.e., resources, risk factors, and vital exhaustion) (b) classroom observations, (c) ambulatory assessmen…

  • Teachers’ intervention strategies for handling hate-speech incidents in schools

    Open Access•Ludwig Bilz, Saskia M Fischer et al.•ARTICLE•Social Psychology of Education•2024•References: 5

    Despite ongoing global efforts to combat discrimination, hate speech is a growing problem in many countries. Hate speech is also widespread among young people and thus also affects schools. Because of the negative consequences of hate speech for the targeted individuals and for society in general, schools and teachers are generally encouraged to moderate hate speech. This binational study examines intervention strategies for hate speech in school…

  • Validation of the multidimensional bystander responses to racist hate speech scale and its association with empathy and moral disengagement among adolescents

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Ludwig Bilz et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2024•Cited by: 2•References: 51

    Our understanding of how bystanders respond to hate speech is limited. This may be due, in part, to the lack of available measurement tools. However, understanding adolescents’ responses to hate speech is critical because this kind of research can support schools in empowering students to exhibit courageous moral behavior. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the newly developed Multidimensional…

  • Direct and indirect effects of social dominance orientation on hate speech perpetration via empathy and moral disengagement among adolescents: A multilevel mediation model

    Open Access•Melisa Castellanos, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2024•Cited by: 4•References: 59

    Although it is known that social dominance orientation directly affects hate speech perpetration, few studies have explored the mechanisms by which this effect takes place during adolescence. Based on the socio‐cognitive theory of moral agency, we aimed to fill this gap in the literature by exploring the direct and indirect effects of social dominance orientation on hate speech perpetration in offline and online settings. The sample included seve…

  • Individual and Contextual Correlates of Latent Bystander Profiles toward Racist Hate Speech: A Multilevel Person-centered Approach

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Youth and Adolescence•2024•References: 40

    Prior research into bystander responses to hate speech has utilized variable-centered analyses — such approaches risk simplifying the complex nature of bystander behaviors. Hence, the present study used a person-centered analysis to investigate latent hate speech bystander profiles. In addition, individual and classroom-level correlates associated with the various profiles were studied. The sample included 3225 students in grades 7–9 (51.7% self-…

  • Schule in gesellschaftlichen Krisenzeiten: Resilienz und Partizipation von Kindern und Jugendlichen fördern

    Julia Asbrand, Steve Kenner et al.•BOOK•Schule in gesellschaftlichen…•2025

  • Social overload and fear of negative evaluation mediate the effect of neuroticism on classroom disruptions that predicts occupational problems in teachers over two years

    Open Access•Gabriel Jenni, Alexander Wettstein et al.•ARTICLE•Social Psychology of Education•2025•References: 2

    Research on teacher stress has identified classroom disruptions as a major risk factor. However, teachers perceive classroom disruptions “through the lens” of their own personalities. This observational study involving 42 teachers (28 female, M age = 39.66, SD = 11.99) aimed to compare teacher-perceived and observed classroom disruptions and examine how neuroticism, fear of negative evaluation, and social overload influence teachers’ perception o…

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