Skip to main content
Mijn bibliotheek
Shop
Nieuws Boeken Tijdschriften Toetsvragen Web-tv Video Audio
Tips voor Mijn BSL
Inloggen

Welkom bij THIM Hogeschool voor Fysiotherapie & Bohn Stafleu van Loghum

THIM Hogeschool voor Fysiotherapie heeft ervoor gezorgd dat je Mijn BSL eenvoudig en snel kunt raadplegen. Je kunt je links eenvoudig registreren. Met deze gegevens kun je thuis, of waar ook ter wereld toegang krijgen tot Mijn BSL. Heb je een vraag, neem dan contact op met helpdesk@thim.nl.

» Andere revante producten voor THIM studenten en medewerkers.

Registreer

Om ook buiten de locaties van THIM, thuis bijvoorbeeld, van Mijn BSL gebruik te kunnen maken, moet je jezelf eenmalig registreren. Dit kan alleen vanaf een computer op een van de locaties van THIM.

Eenmaal geregistreerd kun je thuis of waar ook ter wereld onbeperkt toegang krijgen tot Mijn BSL.

Login

Als u al geregistreerd bent, hoeft u alleen maar in te loggen om onbeperkt toegang te krijgen tot Mijn BSL.

Inloggen
Top
Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Gepubliceerd in:

04-04-2016 | Original Article

Moral Disengagement as Mediator and Moderator of the Relation Between Empathy and Aggression Among Chinese Male Juvenile Delinquents

Auteurs: Xingchao Wang, Li Lei, Jiping Yang, Ling Gao, Fengqing Zhao

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 2/2017

Log in om toegang te krijgen
share
DELEN

Deel dit onderdeel of sectie (kopieer de link)

  • Optie A:
    Klik op de rechtermuisknop op de link en selecteer de optie “linkadres kopiëren”
  • Optie B:
    Deel de link per e-mail
    Link delen
publish
Publiceer nu

Abstract

The link between empathy and aggression is well documented; yet, studies examining potential mechanisms that explain this association are limited. In the present study, we tested the relation between empathy and aggression and examined both the mediating and moderating effects of moral disengagement on this relation among Chinese male juvenile delinquents. Three hundred and fifty-seven male juvenile delinquents from one Chinese juvenile correctional facility completed the interpersonal reactivity index, the moral disengagement scale and the aggression questionnaire. The results indicated that moral disengagement partially mediated the influence of empathy on aggression. Moreover, moral disengagement moderated the relation between empathy and aggression. Specifically, there was a significant negative relation between empathy and aggression at low levels of moral disengagement. However, at high levels of moral disengagement, the relation between empathy and aggression was non-significant. The significance and limitations of the results are discussed.
vorige artikel The Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin Administration on Sensitive Caregiving in Mothers with Postnatal Depression
volgende artikel The Influence of Environmental Consequences and Internalizing Symptoms on Children’s Tic Severity
Literatuur
1.
Gini G, Pozzoli T, Hymel S (2014) Moral disengagement among children and youth: a meta-analytic review of links to aggressive behavior. Aggress Behav 40:56–68CrossRefPubMed
2.
Wang FM, Chen JQ, Xiao WQ et al (2012) Peer physical aggression and its association with aggressive beliefs, empathy, self-control, and cooperation skills among students in a rural town of China. J Interpers Violence 27:3252–3267CrossRefPubMed
3.
Pornari CD, Wood J (2010) Peer and cyber aggression in secondary school students: the role of moral disengagement, hostile attribution bias, and outcome expectancies. Aggress Behav 36:81–94CrossRefPubMed
4.
Rathert J, Fite PJ, Gaertner AE et al (2011) Associations between effortful control, psychological control and proactive and reactive aggression. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 42:609–621CrossRefPubMed
5.
Evans SC, Fite PJ, Hendrickson ML et al (2015) The role of reactive aggression in the link between hyperactive–impulsive behaviors and peer rejection in adolescents. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 46:903–912CrossRefPubMed
6.
Gini G, Pozzoli T, Bussey K (2015) The role of individual and collective moral disengagement in peer aggression and bystanding: a multilevel analysis. J Abnorm Child Psychol 43:441–452CrossRefPubMed
7.
Brown S, Fite PJ, Poquiz J (2015) Moderating effects of gender on outcomes associated with stressful life events among elementary school-age youth. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. doi:10.​1007/​s10578-015-0592-5
8.
Shetgiri R, Lin H, Flores G (2015) Suboptimal maternal and paternal mental health are associated with child bullying perpetration. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 46:455–465CrossRefPubMed
9.
Taylor EK, Borduin CM (2014) The family context of relational aggression in “difficult to treat” female juvenile offenders. J Marital Fam Ther 40:357–366CrossRefPubMed
10.
Matsuura N, Hashimoto T, Toichi M (2013) Associations among adverse childhood experiences, aggression, depression, and self-esteem in serious female juvenile offenders in Japan. J Forensic Psychiatry Psychol 24:111–127CrossRef
11.
Smith SD, Lynch RJ, Stephens HF et al (2015) Self-perceptions and their prediction of aggression in male juvenile offenders. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 46:609–621CrossRefPubMed
12.
Yeater EA, Lenberg KL, Bryan AD (2012) Predictors of sexual aggression among male juvenile offenders. J Interpers Violence 27:1242–1258CrossRefPubMed
13.
Ireland JL, Culpin V (2006) The relationship between sleeping problems and aggression, anger, and impulsivity in a population of juvenile and young offenders. J Adolesc Health 38:649–655CrossRefPubMed
14.
Unis AS, Cook E, Vincent J et al (1994) Peripheral serotonergic measures correlate with aggression and impulsivity in juvenile offenders. J Am Acad Child Psychiatry 33:917–918CrossRef
15.
Stimmel MA, Cruise KR, Ford JD et al (2014) Trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology, and aggression in male juvenile offenders. Psychol Trauma Theory Res Pract Policy 62:184–191CrossRef
16.
Hoeve M, Colins OF, Mulder EA et al (2015) The association between childhood maltreatment, mental health problems, and aggression in justice-involved boys. Aggress Behav 41:488–501CrossRefPubMed
17.
van Langen MAM, Wissink IB, van Vugt ES et al (2014) The relation between empathy and offending: a meta-analysis. Aggress Violent Behav 19:179–189CrossRef
18.
White BA, Gordon H, Guerra RC (2015) Callous–unemotional traits and empathy in proactive and reactive relational aggression in young women. Pers Individ Differ 75:185–189CrossRef
19.
Bandura A, Barbaranelli C, Caprara GV (1996) Mechanisms of moral disengagement in the exercise of moral agency. J Pers Soc Psychol 71:364–3674CrossRef
20.
Perren S, Gutzwiller-Helfenfinger E (2012) Cyberbullying and traditional bullying in adolescence: differential roles of moral disengagement, moral emotions, and moral values. Eur J Dev Psychol 9:195–209CrossRef
21.
Gutzwiller-Helfenfinger E (2015) Moral disengagement and aggression: comments on the special issue. Merrill Palmer Quart 61:192–211CrossRef
22.
Jolliffe D, Farrington DP (2004) Empathy and offending: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Aggress Violent Behav 9:441–476CrossRef
23.
Geng Y, Xia D, Qin B (2012) The basic empathy scale: a Chinese validation of a measure of empathy in adolescents. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 43:499–510CrossRefPubMed
24.
Cohen D, Strayer J (1996) Empathy in conduct disordered and comparison youth. Dev Psychol 32:988–998CrossRef
25.
Mayberry ML, Espelage DL (2007) Associations among empathy, social competence, & reactive/proactive aggression subtypes. J Youth Adolesc 36:787–798CrossRef
26.
Johnson MM, Caron KM, Mikolajewski AJ et al (2014) Psychopathic traits, empathy, and aggression are differentially related to cortisol awakening response. J Psychopathol Behav 36:380–388CrossRef
27.
Chaux E, Molano A, Podlesky P (2009) Socio-economic, socio-political and socio-emotional variables explaining school bullying: a country-wide multilevel analysis. Aggress Behav 35:520–529CrossRefPubMed
28.
Lesure-Lester GE (2000) Relation between empathy and aggression and behavior compliance among abused group home youth. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 31:153–161CrossRefPubMed
29.
Gini G, Albiero P, Benelli B et al (2007) Does empathy predict adolescents’ bullying and defending behavior? Aggress Behav 33:467–476CrossRefPubMed
30.
Strayer J, Roberts W (2004) Empathy and observed anger and aggression in five-year-olds. Soc Dev 13:1–13CrossRef
31.
Zhen S, Xie H, Zhang W et al (2011) Exposure to violent computer games and Chinese adolescents’ physical aggression: the role of beliefs about aggression, hostile expectations, and empathy. Comput Hum Behav 27:1675–1687CrossRef
32.
Caravita SCS, Di Blasio P, Salmivalli C (2009) Unique and interactive effects of empathy and social status on involvement in bullying. Soc Dev 18:140–163CrossRef
33.
Yeo LS, Ang RP, Loh S et al (2011) The role of affective and cognitive empathy in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression of a Singaporean sample of boys. J Psychol 145:313–330CrossRefPubMed
34.
Vachon DD, Lynam DR, Johnson JA (2014) The (non)relation between empathy and aggression: surprising results from a meta-analysis. Psychol Bull 140:751–773CrossRefPubMed
35.
Jolliffe D, Farrington DP (2006) Examining the relationship between low empathy and bullying. Aggress Behav 32:540–550CrossRef
36.
Jolliffe D, Farrington DP (2011) Is low empathy related to bullying after controlling for individual and social background variables? J Adolesc 34:59–71CrossRefPubMed
37.
Loudin JL, Loukas A, Robinson S (2003) Relational aggression in college students: examining the roles of social anxiety and empathy. Aggress Behav 29:430–439CrossRef
38.
Fung ALC, Gerstein LH, Chan Y et al (2015) Relationship of aggression to anxiety, depression, anger, and empathy in Hong Kong. J Child Fam Stud 24:821–831CrossRef
39.
van der Helm GH, Stams GJ, van der Stel JC et al (2012) Group climate and empathy in a sample of incarcerated boys. Int J Offender Ther 56:1149–1160CrossRef
40.
Caprara GV, Tisak MS, Alessandri G et al (2014) The contribution of moral disengagement in mediating individual tendencies toward aggression and violence. Dev Psychol 50:71–85CrossRefPubMed
41.
Bandura A (2002) Selective moral disengagement in the exercise of moral agency. J Moral Educ 31:101–119CrossRef
42.
Gabbiadini A, Riva P, Andrighetto L et al (2014) Interactive effect of moral disengagement and violent video games on self-control, cheating, and aggression. Soc Psychol Pers Sci 5:451–458CrossRef
43.
Bandura A (1990) Selective activation and disengagement of moral control. J Soc Issues 46:27–46CrossRef
44.
Ang RP, Ong EYL, Lim JCY et al (2009) From narcissistic exploitativeness to bullying behavior: the mediating role of approval-of-aggression beliefs. Soc Dev 19:721–735CrossRef
45.
Ang RP, Tan KA, Talib Mansor A (2011) Normative beliefs about aggression as a mediator of narcissistic exploitativeness and cyberbullying. J Interpers Violence 26:2619–2634CrossRefPubMed
46.
Bellmore AD, Witkow MR, Graham S et al (2005) From beliefs to behavior: the mediating role of hostile response selection in predicting aggression. Aggress Behav 31:453–472CrossRef
47.
Hymel S, Perren S (2015) Introduction to the special issue: moral disengagement and aggression in children and youth. Merrill Palmer Quart 61:1–9CrossRef
48.
Obermann ML (2011) Moral disengagement in self-reported and peer-nominated school bullying. Aggress Behav 37:133–144CrossRefPubMed
49.
Hyde LW, Shaw DS, Moilanen KL (2010) Developmental precursors of moral disengagement and the role of moral disengagement in the development of antisocial behavior. J Abnorm Child Psychol 38:197–209CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
50.
Barchia K, Bussey K (2011) Individual and collective social cognitive influences on peer aggression: exploring the contribution of aggression efficacy, moral disengagement, and collective efficacy. Aggress Behav 37:107–120CrossRefPubMed
51.
Pelton J, Gound M, Forehand R et al (2004) The moral disengagement scale: extension with an American minority sample. J Psychopathol Behav 26:31–39CrossRef
52.
Paciello M, Fida R, Tramontano C et al (2008) Stability and change of moral disengagement and its impact on aggression and violence in late adolescence. Child Dev 79:1288–1309CrossRefPubMed
53.
Sticca F, Perren S (2015) The chicken and the egg: longitudinal associations between moral deficiencies and bullying: a parallel process latent growth model. Merrill Palmer Quart 61:85–100CrossRef
54.
Wang XC, Yang JP, Yang L (2014) A meta-analysis of the relationship between moral disengagement and aggressive behavior. Adv Psychol Sci 22:1092–1102CrossRef
55.
Alleyne E, Wood JL (2010) Gang involvement: psychological and behavioral characteristics of gang members, peripheral youth, and nongang youth. Aggress Behav 36:423–436CrossRefPubMed
56.
Shulman EP, Cauffman E, Piquero AR et al (2011) Moral disengagement among serious juvenile offenders: a longitudinal study of the relations between morally disengaged attitudes and offending. Dev Psychol 47:1619–1632CrossRefPubMed
57.
Fontaine RG, Fida R, Paciello M et al (2014) The mediating role of moral disengagement in the developmental course from peer rejection in adolescence to crime in early adulthood. Psychol Crime Law 20:1–19CrossRef
58.
Moore C, Detert JR, Trevino LK et al (2012) Why employees do bad things: moral disengagement and unethical organizational behavior. Pers Psychol 65:1–48CrossRef
59.
Caprara GV, Fida R, Vecchione M et al (2009) Assessing civic moral disengagement: dimensionality and construct validity. Pers Individ Differ 47:504–509CrossRef
60.
McAlister AL (2001) Moral disengagement: measurement and modification. J Peace Res 38:87–99CrossRef
61.
Shu LL, Gino F, Bazerman MH (2011) Dishonest deed, clear conscience: when cheating leads to moral disengagement and motivated forgetting. Pers Soc Psychol B 37:330–349CrossRef
62.
Reynolds SJ, Dang CT, Yam KC et al (2014) The role of moral knowledge in everyday immorality: what does it matter if I know what is right? Organ Behav Hum Decis Process 123:124–137CrossRef
63.
64.
Detert JR, Trevino LK, Sweitzer VL (2008) Moral disengagement in ethical decision making: a study of antecedents and outcomes. J Appl Psychol 93:374–391CrossRefPubMed
65.
Egan V, Hughes N, Palmer EJ (2015) Moral disengagement, the dark triad, and unethical consumer attitudes. Pers Individ Differ 76:123–128CrossRef
66.
Ogunfowora B, Bourdage JS (2014) Does Honesty-Humility influence evaluations of leadership emergence? the mediating role of moral disengagement. Pers Individ Differ 56:95–99CrossRef
67.
Paciello M, Fida R, Cerniglia L et al (2013) High cost helping scenario: the role of empathy, prosocial reasoning and moral disengagement on helping behavior. Pers Individ Differ 55:3–7CrossRef
68.
Chowdhury RMMI, Fernando M (2014) The relationships of empathy, moral identity and cynicism with consumers’ ethical beliefs: the mediating role of moral disengagement. J Bus Ethics 124:677–694CrossRef
69.
Almeida A, Correia I, Marinho S (2009) Moral disengagement, normative beliefs of peer group, and attitudes regarding roles in bullying. J Schl Violence 9:23–36CrossRef
70.
Bao Z, Zhang W, Lai X et al (2015) Parental attachment and Chinese adolescents’ delinquency: the mediating role of moral disengagement. J Adolesc 44:37–47CrossRefPubMed
71.
Visconti KJ, Ladd GW, Kochenderfer-Ladd B (2015) The role of moral disengagement in the associations between children’s social goals and aggression. Merrill Palmer Quart 61:101–123CrossRef
72.
Kokkinos CM, Voulgaridou I, Markos A (2016) Personality and relational aggression: moral disengagement and friendship quality as mediators. Pers Individ Differ 95:74–79CrossRef
73.
Gini G, Pozzoli T, Bussey K (2015) Moral disengagement moderates the link between psychopathic traits and aggressive behavior among early adolescents. Merrill Palmer Quart 61:51–67CrossRef
74.
Li JB, Nie YG, Boardley ID et al (2014) Moral disengagement moderates the predicted effect of trait self-control on self-reported aggression. Asian J Soc Psychol 17:312–318CrossRef
75.
Samnani A, Salamon SD, Singh P (2014) Negative affect and counterproductive workplace behavior: the moderating role of moral disengagement and gender. J Bus Ethics 119:235–244CrossRef
76.
Batanova M, Loukas A (2014) Unique and interactive effects of empathy, family, and school factors on early adolescents’ aggression. J Youth Adolesc 43:1890–1902CrossRefPubMed
77.
Davis MH (1983) Measuring individual differences in empathy: evidence for a multidimensional approach. J Pers Soc Psychol 44:113–126CrossRef
78.
Huang X, Li W, Sun B et al (2011) The validation of the interpersonal reactivity index for Chinese teachers from primary and middle schools. J Psychoeduc Assess 30:194–204CrossRef
79.
Siu AMH, Shek DTL (2005) Validation of the interpersonal reactivity index in a Chinese context. Res Social Work Pract 15:118–126CrossRef
80.
Wang XC, Yang JP (2010) Reliability and validity of moral disengagement scale in Chinese students. Chin J Clin Psychol 18:177–179
81.
Yang JP, Wang XC (2012) Effect of moral disengagement on adolescents’ aggressive behavior: moderated mediating effect. Acta Psychol Sin 44:1075–1085
82.
83.
Anderson JC, Gerbing DW (1988) Structural equation modeling in practice: a review and recommended two-step approach. Psychol Bull 103:411–423CrossRef
84.
Lt Hu, Bentler PM (1999) Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Struct Equ Model 6:1–55CrossRef
85.
Baron RM, Kenny DA (1986) The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. J Pers Soc Psychol 51:1173–1182CrossRefPubMed
86.
Ruiz RO, Sanchez V, Menesini E (2002) Moral emotions and bullying: a cross-national comparison of differences between bullies, victims and outsiders. Psicothema 14:37–49
Metagegevens
Titel
Moral Disengagement as Mediator and Moderator of the Relation Between Empathy and Aggression Among Chinese Male Juvenile Delinquents
Auteurs
Xingchao Wang
Li Lei
Jiping Yang
Ling Gao
Fengqing Zhao
Publicatiedatum
04-04-2016
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-016-0643-6

Andere artikelen Uitgave 2/2017

Assessing Attachment Representations in Adolescents: Discriminant Validation of the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Association of Reactive–Proactive Aggression and Anxiety Sensitivity with Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

  • Original Article

Early Evidence of the Italian Parent-Report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-P)

  • Original Article

Moderating Effects of Relational Interdependence on the Association Between Peer Victimization and Depressive Symptoms

  • Original Article

Emotional Abilities in Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD): Impairments in Perspective-Taking and Understanding Mixed Emotions are Associated with High Callous–Unemotional Traits

  • Original Article

Reliability and Validity of the Child and Adolescent Behavior Assessment (CABA): A Brief Structured Scale

  • Original Article