Mazzone, Angela ORCID: 0000-0002-5858-8033, Yanagida, Takuya ORCID: 0000-0001-9052-4841, Caravita, Simona C.S. ORCID: 0000-0003-3108-1512 and Strohmeier, Dagmar ORCID: 0000-0002-1479-6674 (2018) Moral emotions and moral disengagement: concurrent and longitudinal associations with aggressive behavior among early adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 39 (6). pp. 839-863. ISSN 0272-4316
Abstract
The complex temporal associations among moral disengagement, moral emotions, and aggressive behavior were investigated within a short-term four-wave longitudinal study in a sample of early adolescents (at T1: N = 245; Mage= 12.16 years; SD = 0.85). Moral disengagement and aggressive behavior were investigated by validated self-report scales. Shame and guilt were assessed in response to six-story vignettes. A series of four-wave longitudinal mediation analyses were conducted to test several theoretically meaningful models. Mediation models revealed positive reciprocal longitudinal effects between aggressive behavior and moral disengagement. Aggressive behavior negatively predicted moral emotions, and moral disengagement was negatively associated with moral emotions over time. When testing competing models including all three variables in one model, no theoretical meaningful mediation process emerged: Instead, high moral disengagement predicted lower moral emotions but higher aggressive behavior over time. Results are discussed regarding their practical importance for prevention and intervention programs.
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Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | aggressive behavior; early adolescence; longitudinal mediation model; moral disengagement; moral emotions |
Subjects: | UNSPECIFIED |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | Research Initiatives and Centres > Anti-Bullying Research Centre (ABC) |
Publisher: | Sage |
Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272431618791276 |
Copyright Information: | © 2019 Sage |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
ID Code: | 24570 |
Deposited On: | 12 Jun 2020 11:09 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 15 Oct 2020 12:10 |
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