• DOI:10.1037/H0025589
Corpus ID: 9665680

Bystander intervention in emergencies: diffusion of responsibility.

@article{Darley1968BystanderII,
  title={Bystander intervention in emergencies: diffusion of responsibility.},
  author={J. Darley and B. Latan{\'e}},
  journal={Journal of personality and social psychology},
  year={1968},
  volume={8 4},
  pages={
          377-83
        }
}

J. Darley, B. Latané

Published 1968

Psychology, Medicine

Journal of personality and social psychology

Ss overheard an epileptic seizure. They believed either that they alone heard the emergency, or that 1 or 4 unseen others were also present. As predicted the presence of other bystanders reduced the individual's feelings of personal responsibility and lowered his speed of reporting (p < .01). In groups of size 3, males reported no faster than females, and females reported no slower when the 1 other bystander was a male rather than a female. In general, personality and background measures were… CONTINUE READING

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