Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 266-275.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.02.13

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The Relationship between Callous-unemotional Traits and School Bullying of Junior High School Students: A Moderated Mediation Model

ZHANG Lin1, CHEN Yanling1, HONG Xinwei1, ZHAO Mingyu1, FAN Hang2, LIU Shen3   

  1. 1. Department and Institute of Psychology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211;
    2. Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872;
    3. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230022
  • Published:2023-03-11

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Abstract: In order to examine the relationship between callous-unemotional traits of junior high school students and bullying behaviors, the current study explored whether moral disengagement and guilt played the mediating roles, and whether this mediation process was moderated by the class climate. Taking 522 junior high school students as participants by cluster sampling method, the current study was conducted using the Callous-unemotional Traits Scale, the Moral Disengagement Scale, the Middle School Students’ Guilt Feeling Scale, the Perceived Classroom Climate Scale, and the Bullying Questionnaire. Results indicated that: (1) The callous-unemotional Traits significantly positively predicted bullying. Moral disengagement and guilt both played a part of the mediating role in the process; (2) A good class climate could reduce the positive predictive effect of the callous-unemotional trait on bullying behaviors, and increase the level of guilt to reduce bullying behaviors, and could also inhibit the inducing effect of moral disengagement on bullying behaviors. These results confirmed that callous-unemotional traits were important risk factors for bullying behavior in junior high school students, and suggested that school educators could reduce the incidence of bullying behaviors by creating a good class climate and changing the moral cognition of students with high callous-unemotional trait.

Key words: callous-unemotional traits, moral disengagement, guilt, class climate, school bullying

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  • B844
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