News report on the phenomenon of “bystander effect”, which occurs in situations of violence, injustice or suffering.
Mariana Barbosa, coordinator and lecturer on the Masters in Psychology at the Faculty of Education and Psychology of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (FEP-UCP), shared reflections on this subject with Sábado magazine, drawing on the perspective of Peace and Human Rights Psychology.
“We witness violence, injustice and suffering every day without doing anything. But inaction doesn’t always result from indifference. It can arise from fear, emotional fatigue and group pressure.”
