“…Some articles (Brewer & Kerslake, 2015; Del Rey, Lazuras, Casas, Barkoukis, Ortega-Ruiz, & Tsorbatzoudis, 2016) reported that low empathy is a significant individual predictor of CB perpetration. However, studies found that empathy was not a strong predictor for either CB perpetration or victimisation (Athanasiades, Baldry, Kamariotis, Kostouli and Psalti, 2016). Barlińska, Szuster and Winiewski (2013) found that empathy diminishes the likelihood of negative bystander behavior, and individuals with high affective empathy provide more support to CB victims (Machackova & Pfetsch, 2016).…”