Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 410-418.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.03.12

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Effects of Bully-victimization on Proactive and Reactive Aggression in Early Adolescence: The Role of Moral Disengagement and Gender

WANG Yue, XIONG Yuke, REN Ping, YANG Liu, MIAO Wei   

  1. Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2023-05-15 Published:2023-05-13

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Abstract: To investigate the relationship between bully victimization and proactive/reactive aggression, the mediating effect of moral disengagement and the moderating effect of gender, a sample of 2533 middle students (initial age 13.95 ± 0.60, 51.32% boys) was followed up for six months and examined for two waves. The results showed that: (1) Bully victimization at wave 1 could significantly and positively predict proactive aggression and reactive aggression at wave 2; (2) Moral disengagement mediated the relationship between victimization and proactive/reactive aggression; (3) The mediating effect of moral disengagement in the link between victimization and proactive aggression was moderated by gender. For girls, the relationship between victimization and moral disengagement was stronger. For boys, the relationship between moral disengagement and proactive aggression was stronger. The results of the present study suggest that relevant educators should pay attention to the level of moral disengagement of adolescents. Intervening adolescents’ moral cognition will help cut off the link between bully victimization and aggressive behavior.

Key words: bully victimization, proactive aggression, reactive aggression, moral disengagement, gender

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