Citation

Wang X, Yang J, Wang P, Zhang Y, Li B, Xie X, Lei L. J. Psychol. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Renmin University of China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00223980.2019.1696733

PMID

31815608

Abstract

Based on the integration of the group socialization theory and the individual-context interaction model, we examined whether moral disengagement mediated the association between deviant peer affiliation and bullying perpetration and whether this mediation model was moderated by moral identity. A total of 438 adolescents participated in the current study. They completed measures regarding deviant peer affiliation, bullying perpetration, moral disengagement, and moral identity. Deviant peer affiliation positively predicted adolescents' bullying perpetration at six months later and this relationship was partially mediated by moral disengagement. Moral identity did not moderate the direct relationship between deviant peer affiliation and adolescents' bullying perpetration. Moral identity moderated the relationship between moral disengagement and adolescents' bullying perpetration and in turn moderated the indirect relationship between deviant peer affiliation and bullying perpetration. Specifically, the relationship between moral disengagement and bullying perpetration and the indirect relationship between deviant peer affiliation and bullying perpetration via moral disengagement both became nonsignificant for adolescents with high moral identity.

Language: en

Keywords

Deviant peer affiliation; bullying perpetration; moral disengagement; moral identity