The Growth Trajectory of Moral Disengagement in Junior High School Students: Influence of Trait Aggressiveness and Gender  

作　　者：Xuezhi Liu Jianxiao Wu Lingjing Guo Ronghuan Wang Qiang Yang Baojuan Ye Xiufeng Guo 

机构地区：[1]School of Education,School of Psychology,Jiangxi Normal University,Nanchang,330099,China [2]Student Affairs Office,Jiangxi College of Foreign Studies,Nanchang,330099,China [3]School of Business Administration,Nanchang Institute of Technology,Nanchang,330099,China [4]Mental Health Education Center,Chengdu University,Chengdu,610106,China [5]School Administration Office,Nanchang Hongdu Middle School,Nanchang,330024,China [6]Mental Health Education Center,Jiangxi University of Science and Technology,Nanchang,341000,China

出　　处：《International Journal of Mental Health Promotion》2025年第3期303-318,共16页国际心理健康促进杂志(英文)

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(72164018);Humanities and Social Sciences Research Planning Foundation of the Ministry of Education(22YJA190012);Jiangxi Universities Key Research Base Project of Humanities and Social Sciences(JD23071);Jiangxi Provincial Colleges and Universities Ideological and Political Education Research Association Project(XSGZ24239).

摘　　要：Objectives:The aim of this study was to verify the causal relationship between trait aggressiveness(TA)and moral disengagement(MD),know more about the growth trajectory of MD,and explore the effects of gender and TA on the growth trajectory.Methods:We used the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire and Moral Disengagement Scale to survey 433 Chinese junior high school students longitudinally three times.Results:The results of the random intercept cross-lagged panel model(RI-CLPM)analysis indicated that TA positively predicted MD,while MD did not predict TA at the within-person level.Thus,TA could be considered an antecedent variable of MD.Furthermore,the unconditional latent growth linear model analysis revealed that MD among junior high school students exhibited an upward trend,characterized by an increasing rate of growth over time.In the conditional latent growth linear model analysis,we found that gender influenced only the initial level of MD but had no effect on its growth rate.Conversely,TA demonstrated both delayed and immediate positive effects on the growth of MD.Conclusions:Our findings suggested a one-way cross-lag effect between TA and MD.Additionally,the growth trajectory of MD among junior high school students was found to be ascending.This growth trajectory was influenced by gender and TA,offering valuable insights for the prevention and intervention of behavioral problems in junior high school students.

关 键 词：Moral disengagement trait aggressiveness junior high school students cross-lagged regression analysis latent growth analysis 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]