TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The relationship between fear of CoViD-19 and online aggressive behavior: a moderated mediation model
JO  - Frontiers in psychology
A1  - Ye, Baojuan
A1  - Zeng, Yadi
A1  - Im, Hohjin
A1  - Liu, Mingfan
A1  - Wang, Xinqiang
A1  - Yang, Qiang
SP  - e589615
EP  - e589615
VL  - 12
IS  - 
N2  - Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, fear has run rampant across the globe. To curb the spread of the virus, several governments have taken measures to drastically transition businesses, work, and schooling to virtual settings. While such transitions are warranted and well-intended, these measures may come with unforeseen consequences. Namely, one's fear of COVID-19 may more readily manifest as aggressive behaviors in an otherwise incognito virtual social ecology. In the current research, a moderated mediation model examined the mechanisms underlying the relation between fear of COVID-19 and overt and relational aggressive online behavior among Chinese college students. Utilizing a large sample of Chinese college students (N = 2,799), results indicated that moral disengagement mediated the effect of fear of COVID-19 on college students' overt and relational online aggressive behavior. A positive family cohesion buffered the effect of moral disengagement on relational aggressive behavior, but only for females. The findings, theoretical contributions, and practical implications of the present paper are also discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-1078
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.589615
ID  - ref1
ER  -