How Childhood Maltreatment Impacts Aggression from Perspectives of Social Comparison and Resilience Framework Theory

Xiang, Yu‐Tao; Chen, Ziyuan; Zhao, Jiaxu

doi:10.1080/10926771.2019.1685046

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“…Participants responded to eight items on a 5-point Likert-type scale, ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), with higher scores indicating higher levels of dispositional envy. This study used the Chinese version of the DES, which was demonstrated to be a reliable and valid measurement in Chinese populations (Xiang et al, 2017;Xiang, Chen, & Zhao, 2019). In the present study, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for DES was .91.…”

Section: Dispositional Envy Scalementioning

confidence: 59%

“…Studies have found a positive correlation between envy and mental health symptoms (Xiang, Zhao, et al, 2019). Besides, envy is likely to enhance aggression, which subsequently leads to social problems (Xiang, Chen, & Zhao, 2019). It has been shown that gratitude can affect envy (Xiang, Chao, & Ye, 2018), the main mechanism being that social support mediates the association between gratitude and envy.…”

Section: Gratitude and Envymentioning

confidence: 99%

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How gratitude inhibits envy: From the perspective of positive psychology

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Zhao

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With the development of positive psychology, gratitude, as a typical positive emotion, has attracted significant attention. Gratitude has a profoundly positive effect on cultivating people's positive traits, and negative emotions affect many aspects of people's daily lives. Many studies have explored the inhibiting effect of gratitude on negative emotions. In this study, based on the coping theory and the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotion, we used scenario method to discuss the inhibiting effect of trait gratitude and state gratitude on a common and typical negative emotion: situational envy. We randomly recruited 326 undergraduate students as participants and asked them to complete the Gratitude Questionnaire, Dispositional Envy Scale, state gratitude materials, and situational envy materials.Our results showed that (1) state gratitude inhibits situational envy and (2) state gratitude plays a partial mediating role between trait gratitude and situational envy. This article suggests educational field for future school should devote more attention to gratitude, and lay a good foundation for students' future development in society. Taken together, these results verify the positive role of gratitude, help to expand relevant theories about inhibiting envy, and provide a theoretical reference for cultivating people's positive traits and countering negative emotions.

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Section: Dispositional Envy Scalementioning

confidence: 59%

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How gratitude inhibits envy: From the perspective of positive psychology

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“…The sample data in this study were from an ongoing project named “Early Adverse Environment Influences Cognitive Affective Mechanism”. Some data have been used in previous studies [ 9 , 27 ]. Participants were recruited from four universities in mainland China in the method of random sampling and cluster sampling.…”

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“…There may exist many potential factors affecting moral disgust, among which the home environment children experience when they are young may be the root cause. Additionally, childhood maltreatment refers to a seriously disordered parent–child relationship accompanied with an unstable family environment [ 7 ], which has been proved by a great amount of literature to be the antecedent of many negative results, such as aggression [ 8 , 9 ], borderline personality disorder [ 10 ] and addiction [ 11 ]. Importantly, previous studies have found that exposure to maltreatment impairs individuals’ moral sensitivity [ 12 ] and result in more immoral behaviours [ 13 ].…”

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Does Childhood Maltreatment Predict Moral Disgust? The Underlying Mediating Mechanisms

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Zhou

Chen

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Although moral disgust is one of the most important moral emotions, there is limited evidence about the antecedents of it in China. This paper aimed to discuss the linkage between childhood maltreatment and moral disgust, and investigated the specific mechanism between these two variables from the perspective of emotional development and moral development, respectively, based on the Tripartite Model. By combining random sampling and cluster sampling, this study recruited 968 participants from college. Then, childhood maltreatment, moral disgust, emotional intelligence, and empathy were measured separately by using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Moral Disgust Scale (MD), Wong Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS), and Interpersonal Reactivity Index–C (IRI). Additionally, the results of the mediation model analysis show that childhood maltreatment is negatively predictable of moral disgust. In addition, the mechanism by which childhood maltreatment influences moral disgust could be explained by the effect of emotional intelligence on empathy. To sum up, this study explored and explained the specific mechanism between childhood maltreatment and moral disgust, replenishing previous achievements and providing support for the design of intervention on moral disgust by improving emotional intelligence and empathy.

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“…The higher the score, the higher the level of resilience. We used the Chinese version which was adapted by Kong, Wang, Hu, and Liu (2015b) to evaluate the resilience level of the participants, and the reliability and validity of this scale are acceptable in the Chinese group (Xiang, Chen, & Zhao, 2019). Cronbach's α in this study was .88.…”

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Gratitude affects moral disgust: From the perspective of social norm theory

Xiang

Dong

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The present research verified the relationship between gratitude and moral disgust and explored its internal mechanism based on the social norm theory for the first time. In this study, 979 participants were recruited and required to complete the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ), the Moral Disgust Questionnaire (MD), the Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Data were then analyzed via structural equation model. The results demonstrated that gratitude indirectly affects moral disgust through the chain path of social support ! resilience rather than being directly mediated by social support and resilience. From the perspective of social norm theory, the current research reveals the internal mechanism between gratitude and moral disgust, which is of great significance to expand our understanding of theory and apply it to practice.

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How Childhood Maltreatment Impacts Aggression from Perspectives of Social Comparison and Resilience Framework Theory

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How gratitude inhibits envy: From the perspective of positive psychology

How gratitude inhibits envy: From the perspective of positive psychology

Does Childhood Maltreatment Predict Moral Disgust? The Underlying Mediating Mechanisms

Gratitude affects moral disgust: From the perspective of social norm theory

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