TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Aggression, anger and hostility: evaluation of moral disengagement as a mediational process
JO  - Scandinavian journal of psychology
A1  - Rubio-Garay, Fernando
A1  - Carrasco, Miguel Á.
A1  - Amor, Pedro J.
SP  - 129
EP  - 135
VL  - 57
IS  - 2
N2  - This study examines how the mechanisms underlying moral disengagement serve as a mediator between anger and hostility and physical and verbal aggression. The study was carried out on 424 participants (61.1% females), aged 15 to 25 years, assessing the direct and indirect effects of the distinct variables using a hierarchical multiple regression analysis and structural equation modeling. The findings suggest that anger and hostility contribute independently and positively to physical and verbal aggression. Moreover, the relationships between anger, hostility, and aggression appear to be mediated by moral disengagement. Indeed, this process of mediation was invariant across sexes, and it tended to be stronger for physical - as opposed to verbal - aggression.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0036-5564
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12270
ID  - ref1
ER  -