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2023 , Vol. 21 >Issue 6: 799 - 806

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.06.011

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Effects of Victimization on Proactive and Reactive Aggression Among Early Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Anger Rumination and Sadness Rumination

  • Muhua LYU ,
  • Yuke XIONG ,
  • Liu YANG ,
  • Jiahui CHEN ,
  • Quanquan WANG ,
  • Ping REN
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  • Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875

Received date: 2023-03-19

  Online published: 2024-01-24

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Abstract

Based on two independent factors of rumination, this study used structural equation modeling to examine the effects of victimization on proactive and reactive aggression among adolescents. Two thousand four hundred and twenty-seven students were followed up for six months and were examined for two waves. The results showed that: 1) Victimization (T1) had a significant positive predictive effect on different types of aggression, including proactive aggression (T2) and reactive aggression (T2). 2) Anger rumination (T2) fully mediated the relation between victimization (T1) and proactive/reactive aggression (T2). 3) Sadness rumination (T2) fully mediated the relation between victimization (T1) and reactive aggression (T2). No mediating effect of sadness rumination (T2) between victimization (T1) and proactive aggression (T2) was found. The findings suggest that educators should pay attention to the different types of rumination among adolescents and provide educational guidance on rumination cognition of adolescents, so as to block the link between victimization and aggression among early adolescents.

Key words： victimization; proactive aggression; reactive aggression; anger rumination; sadness rumination

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Muhua LYU , Yuke XIONG , Liu YANG , Jiahui CHEN , Quanquan WANG , Ping REN . Effects of Victimization on Proactive and Reactive Aggression Among Early Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Anger Rumination and Sadness Rumination[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2023 , 21(6) : 799 -806 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.06.011

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