Psychological Development and Education ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (5): 605-613.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2017.05.11

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The Effect of Trait Anger on Online Aggressive Behavior of College Students:The Role of Moral Disengagement

JIN Tonglin1, LU Guizhi1, ZHANG Lu1, JIN Xiangzhong2, WANG Xiaoyu3   

  1. 1. School of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025;
    2. Tulufan Electric Power Supply Company, State Grid, Tulufan 838000;
    3. School of Education, HeiLongJiang University, Harbin 150086
  • Online:2017-09-15 Published:2017-09-15

Abstract: This present study aimed to explore the relationship among trait anger, moral disengagement and online aggressive behavior, by surveying 450 college students with Trait Anger Scale(TAS), Online Aggressive Behavior Scale(OABS) and Moral Disengagement Questionnaire(MDQ).The results showed that:(1) Trait anger had a significant direct effect on online aggressive behavior and moral disengagement played a partial mediating role between them;(2) Moral disengagement moderated the relation between trait anger and online aggressive behavior of college students, that is, there was a significant positive relation between trait anger and online aggressive behavior under the high moral disengagement level, however, there was a non-significant relation between trait anger and online aggressive behavior under the low moral disengagement level.

Key words: college students, trait anger, moral disengagement, online aggressive behavior

CLC Number: 

  • B844

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