Adolescents' Compassion is Distinctively Associated With More Prosocial and Less Aggressive Defending Against Bullying When Considering Empathic Emotions and Costs

This study provides the first evidence of unique and differential associations of empathic distress, empathic anger, compassion, and perceived social costs with different bystander behavior intentions among adolescents. Importantly, the findings support the distinctive role of compassion in constructive prosocial and lower aggressive defending.