Institute of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
The Second Clinical Medical School, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
BMC Psychol. 2023 Sep 12;11(1):272. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01272-6.
Previous research found that college students have exhibited a group of concern, and aggressive behavior occurs from time to time in daily life. In order to investigate the effect of relative deprivation on aggressive behavior of college students, this study conducted a moderated mediation model to examine the relationship between relative deprivation, aggressive behavior, belief in a just world, and moral disengagement.
1169 college students(71.7% female; mean age = 19.41, SD = 1.3, range = 17-30years) participated in and completed measures of Relative Deprivation Questionnaire, Belief in a Just World Scale, Moral disengagement Scale and Aggression Questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using a moderated mediation model with SPSS and Process 3.1 macro.
The results revealed that: (1) Relative deprivation significantly positively predicted college students' aggressive behavior controlling for gender, grade, and age (B = 0.45, p<0.001). (2) Belief in a just world played mediating role in relative deprivation and aggressive behavior(indirect effect = 0.04, 95%CI = [0.002,0.007], accounting for 9% of the total effect). (3) The moderated mediator model test showed that moral disengagement regulates the first half of the mediator effect path (B = 0.71, p < 0.01).
The present study analyzed the moral disengagement mechanisms deeply and shed light on how to decrease the aggressive behavior of college students.
先前的研究发现,大学生表现出了一系列的关注,日常生活中不时会出现攻击行为。为了探究相对剥夺感对大学生攻击行为的影响,本研究通过调节中介模型检验了相对剥夺感、攻击行为、公正世界信念和道德推脱之间的关系。
1169 名大学生(71.7%为女性;平均年龄=19.41,标准差=1.3,年龄范围为 17-30 岁)参与并完成了相对剥夺感问卷、公正世界信念量表、道德推脱量表和攻击问卷的测量。采用 SPSS 和 Process 3.1 宏程序对数据进行调节中介模型分析。
结果表明:(1)在控制性别、年级和年龄的情况下,相对剥夺感显著正向预测大学生的攻击行为(B=0.45,p<0.001)。(2)公正世界信念在相对剥夺感与攻击行为之间起到中介作用(间接效应=0.04,95%CI=[0.002,0.007],占总效应的 9%)。(3)调节中介模型检验表明,道德推脱调节了中介效应路径的前半段(B=0.71,p<0.01)。
本研究深入分析了道德推脱的作用机制,为如何减少大学生的攻击行为提供了启示。