The Effect of Cumulative Ecological Risk on Aggressive Behaviors for Rural Junior School Students: A Moderated Mediation Model

Abstract

Abstract: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between cumulative ecological risk and aggressive behaviors among rural junior school students, and the mediating role of moral disengagement and the moderating role of empathy therein. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 845 rural junior school students. The results revealed that: 1) cumulative ecological risk, moral disengagement and aggressive behaviors were positively correlated with each other; 2) moral disengagement partially mediated the relationship between cumulative ecological risk and aggressive behaviors; 3) empathy moderated the mediation effect of moral disengagement between cumulative ecological risk and aggressive behaviors. The mediating effect was found to be more significant among rural junior school students with low level of empathy than among those with high level of empathy.

Key words: cumulative ecological risk, moral disengagement, empathy, aggressive behaviors, rural junior school students

摘要： 本研究旨在探讨累积生态风险与农村初中生攻击行为之间的关系，以及道德推脱的中介作用与共情的调节作用。通过对845名农村初中生进行问卷调查，结果发现：（1）农村初中生累积生态风险、道德推脱与攻击行为两两之间均存在显著正相关；（2）道德推脱在累积生态风险与农村初中生攻击行为之间起部分中介作用；（3）共情调节道德推脱在累积生态风险与攻击行为之间的中介效应，相对于共情水平较高的农村初中生，中介效应在共情水平较低的农村初中生中更显著。

关键词: 累积生态风险, 道德推脱, 共情, 攻击行为, 农村初中生

CLC Number:

B844.1

TAN Qianbao, LI Jiayuan, LIU Xu. The Effect of Cumulative Ecological Risk on Aggressive Behaviors for Rural Junior School Students: A Moderated Mediation Model[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2020, 18(4): 489-495.

谭千保, 李佳圆, 刘旭. 累积生态风险对农村初中生攻击行为的影响：有调节的中介模型[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2020, 18(4): 489-495.

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