Childhood maltreatment and Chinese adolescents’ bullying and defending: The mediating role of moral disengagement

Moral Disengagement as a Moderating Factor in the Relationship between the Perception of Dating Violence and Victimization

“…There has, however, been some research carried out in recent years, with the results reported being similar to those of the present study. Thus, some authors indicate, within the contexts of school bullying, that victimized adolescents tend to develop a higher level of moral disengagement that allows them to justify, reconstruct, or rationalize violent behavior [ 25 ]. Cuadrado & Fernández [ 30 ] also describe the mechanisms of moral disengagement as playing a mediating role in the relationship created between the perception of cyberbullying and cybervictimization.…”

“…Nevertheless, some authors have noted how learning and using the mechanisms of moral disengagement are a way to rationalize aggressive behavior, and this implies that the victims come to learn that aggression is an appropriate way to respond in disagreements [ 24 ]. It is usual for this same phenomenon to appear in children who have suffered abuse during infancy, with their using it as a way to justify, reconstruct, or rationalize the violence they have suffered [ 25 ]. Furthermore, it has been found that adolescents who have experienced a higher level of rejection are precisely those who end up developing higher levels of moral disengagement relative to those who have not undergone this type of situation [ 26 ].…”

Childhood Emotional Trauma and Cyberbullying Perpetration Among Emerging Adults: A Multiple Mediation Model of the Role of Problematic Social Media Use and Psychopathology

“…Moreover, the present study demonstrated for the first time that emotional trauma was directly associated with CBP. Although the association between childhood trauma and CBP is, to the best of authors' knowledge, being reported for the first time, several studies have found significant association between childhood trauma and bullying (Wang et al 2017), anxiety, anger, and fear (Sudbrack et al 2015). Moreover, emotional abuse has been found to be positively related with neuroticism and psychoticism which are significant predictors of CBP (Kırcaburun and Tosuntaş 2018;Ojedokun and Idemudia 2013;Ozden and Icellioglu 2014).…”

“…Individuals who have been emotionally maltreated as a child become violent and hostile adults. Research indicated that students who experience higher CT are more likely to be school bullying perpetrators (Wang et al 2017), have higher levels of negative feelings such as anxiety, anger, and fear, and lower stability, coping, and control (Sudbrack et al 2015). Meanwhile, other studies have reported that individuals with high anxiety, and low levels of stability and control, perpetrate more cyberbullying (Baldry et al 2017;Kırcaburun and Tosuntaş 2018).…”

Prevention of aggression and antisocial behaviour in adolescents

“…По данным исследований, преимущественно зарубежных, подростки, которые устраивали стрельбу в школах, нередко подвергались буллингу со стороны одноклассников или учителей (Shetgiri, 2013). Следует отметить, что от буллинга страдают не только его жертвы, но и инициаторы травли, которые испытывают проблемы с социальной адаптацией и демонстрируют склонность к противоправному поведению и насилию (Wang, Wang, 2010;Shetgiri, 2013;Wang et al, 2017;Voulgaridou, Kokkinos, 2015;Volk et al, 2018;Shaheen et al, 2018;Солдатова, Рассказова, Нестик, 2017). По результатам масштабного исследования, проведенного под эгидой Всемирной организации здравоохранения в 2016 г.…”