Research Centre of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education (SWU), Chongqing, China.
Br J Psychol. 2024 Feb;115(1):1-19. doi: 10.1111/bjop.12674. Epub 2023 Jun 23.
Displaced aggression refers to pernicious acts against innocent people. To date, little is known about mechanisms underlying dynamic changes in displaced aggression. The present study constructed a cross-lagged model to examine the dynamic effects of relative deprivation on displaced aggression and the mediation mechanisms underlying these effects. A total of 1130 undergraduate students participated in this three-wave longitudinal study. The results showed that relative deprivation predicted changes in displaced aggression through concurrent changes in levels of hostile attribution bias and moral disengagement. Hostile attribution bias and moral disengagement could predict each other longitudinally. The relationships between relative deprivation and displaced aggression, and relative deprivation and hostile attribution bias were mutual. This multiple mediation model with two mutually predicting mediators was explained from the aggressive motivation perspective. The findings help inform aggression theories and have implications for the prevention of and interventions against displaced aggression.
转移攻击是指针对无辜者的有害行为。迄今为止，人们对导致转移攻击动态变化的机制知之甚少。本研究构建了一个交叉滞后模型，以检验相对剥夺对转移攻击的动态影响，以及这些影响的中介机制。共有 1130 名本科生参与了这项三波纵向研究。结果表明，相对剥夺通过敌意归因偏差和道德脱离的水平变化预测了转移攻击的变化。敌意归因偏差和道德脱离可以在纵向预测对方。相对剥夺与转移攻击之间，以及相对剥夺与敌意归因偏差之间存在相互关系。从攻击动机的角度解释了这种具有两个相互预测中介的多重中介模型。这些发现有助于丰富攻击理论，并对预防和干预转移攻击具有意义。
