Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Graduate School of Education, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
Aggress Behav. 2021 Sep;47(5):583-592. doi: 10.1002/ab.21982. Epub 2021 Jun 4.
Using an experimental design, we examined whether retaliatory normative beliefs mediated the relation between peer victimization and reactive aggression and whether self-perspective moderated the relations among peer victimization, retaliatory normative beliefs, and reactive aggressive behavior in a sample of 381 junior high-school students (165 girls) in Grades 7 and 8. Findings revealed that retaliatory normative beliefs fully mediated the relation between peer victimization and reactive aggression. Moreover, the mediating effect of retaliatory normative beliefs was moderated by self-perspective. Specifically, for the self-distanced group, peer victimization demonstrated a weaker impact on retaliatory normative beliefs than that of the self-immersed group and the control group. These results suggest that adolescents' beliefs about the acceptability of retaliatory aggression (rather than peer victimization) are directly associated with reactive aggression, and that self-distancing may be a protective factor against retaliatory normative beliefs and reactive aggression in provocative situations. The implications and limitations of these findings are discussed.
采用实验设计，我们考察了报复性规范信念是否在同伴侵害与反应性攻击之间的关系中起中介作用，以及自我观点是否在同伴侵害、报复性规范信念与反应性攻击行为之间的关系中起调节作用。研究样本为来自 7 年级和 8 年级的 381 名初中生（女生 165 名）。研究结果表明，报复性规范信念完全中介了同伴侵害与反应性攻击之间的关系。此外，自我观点调节了报复性规范信念的中介效应。具体来说，对于自我疏远组而言，同伴侵害对报复性规范信念的影响比自我沉浸组和对照组弱。这些结果表明，青少年对报复性攻击的可接受性的信念（而非同伴侵害）与反应性攻击直接相关，自我疏远可能是在挑衅情境下预防报复性规范信念和反应性攻击的一个保护因素。讨论了这些发现的意义和局限性。
