{"title":"Dispositional mindfulness plays a major role in adolescents' active and passive responding to bully-victim dynamics","authors":"Yael Malin, Thomas P. Gumpel","doi":"10.1002/ab.22087","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ab.22087","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Past research on school bullying focused on the role of the bully, suggesting that this active perpetrator is characterized by low empathy, low self-regulation, and high moral disengagement (MD). Studies recently demonstrated a relationship between dispositional mindfulness and bullying as well. However, in the last 2 decades, research has broadened this perspective, suggesting that active and passive bystanders may play a major role in school bullying by either supporting or opposing bullying. In this research, we examined whether empathy, MD, self-regulation, and mindfulness are significantly associated with probullying, defending, and bystanding behaviors. A total of 429 middle and high school adolescents from Israel (mean age = 16.81 years, SD = 1.62) completed online questionnaires. Through structural equation modeling, we found that empathy was associated with both, self-regulation and defending behaviors. MD was associated with defending and probullying behaviors. Dispositional mindfulness was associated with all three roles we examined. All these relationships were significant and in the expected direction. As mindfulness is a disposition that can be cultivated, this finding may have further implications in programs that aim at reducing school bullying.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"49 5","pages":"509-520"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ab.22087","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10317919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RaeAnn E. Anderson, Hannah N. Doctor, Danielle M. Piggott
{"title":"Measuring sexual violence perpetration acknowledgment: Testing the effects of label and response format","authors":"RaeAnn E. Anderson, Hannah N. Doctor, Danielle M. Piggott","doi":"10.1002/ab.22086","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ab.22086","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Individual acknowledgment of sexual assault and rape perpetration is extraordinarily low in prior research. Only about 1% of individuals report perpetrating rape, in contrast to the 6% perpetrating rape as estimated by using behaviorally specific items that exclude stigmatized words such as rape. The goal of this study was to examine two possible measurement mechanisms for increasing perpetration acknowledgment: label choice and response format. In Sample 1 (<i>N</i> = 291), participants completed two acknowledgment items which varied in label choice. One item used the term <i>rape</i>; one used the term <i>sexual assault</i>. Acknowledgment of perpetration using the label <i>sexual assault</i> was significantly higher than when using the term <i>rape</i> (6.38%−1.71%, <i>p</i> = .01, Cohen's <i>d</i> = 0.44). In Sample 2 (<i>N</i> = 438), participants were presented with a scaled and a dichotomous sexual assault item at different parts of the overall survey. Sexual assault acknowledgment was higher on the scaled item compared to the dichotomous item (15.75% vs. 3.2%, <i>p</i> < .0001, Cohen's <i>d</i> = 0.64). Rates of sexual perpetration as measured behaviorally were higher for ambiguous acknowledgment types (“might or might not,” “probably not”) than for those reporting “definitely not,” (76.81% vs. 29.0%, <i>p</i> < .0001, Cohen's <i>d</i> = 0.59). The two different measurement strategies tested here, using a less stigmatized label such as <i>sexual assault</i> and using a scaled response format, both increased rates of perpetration acknowledgment 3–15x greater than rates documented in prior research.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"49 5","pages":"499-508"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ab.22086","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9953652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"No mercy for victims: Exploring the link between dark personality traits, aggressive video game behavior, and severe traffic violations","authors":"Soghra Ebrahimi Ghavam, Alexia Delbreil, Ghina Harika-Germaneau, Guillaume Davignon, Virginie Cailleau, Manon Arnoult, Nemat Jaafari, Armand Chatard","doi":"10.1002/ab.22085","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ab.22085","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study investigates the relationship between dark personality traits, aggressive behavior in violent video games, and severe traffic violations among 200 driving offenders from Tehran, Iran, participating in a rehabilitation program. Participants engaged in a computerized shooting decision task, where their tendency to shoot unarmed targets (innocent victims), compared to armed targets (criminals), was used as an indicator of aggressive behavior toward innocent victims. Additionally, they completed self-report measures of narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism to evaluate the impact of Dark Tetrad personality traits on their behavior. Bivariate analyses revealed associations between Dark Tetrad personality traits and aggressive behavior in the video game with serious traffic offenses. Multivariate analyses identified Machiavellianism, sadism, and aggressive behavior in video games as significant predictors of severe traffic offenses. The results suggest that dark personality traits and aggressive behavior in video games may aid in better identifying road traffic offenders with the most severe violations. Potential implications for preventing repeated traffic offenses by tailoring rehabilitation programs are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"49 5","pages":"492-498"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ab.22085","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9960000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Binge drinking and violence in the transition to adulthood","authors":"Joanne Savage, Michael Rossler","doi":"10.1002/ab.22084","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ab.22084","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to test the hypothesis that binge drinking, rather than frequency of any drinking, would predict violent behavior in the transition from adolescence to adulthood (TAA). In conservative models, accounting for a host of factors relevant to the TAA, we find that binge drinking, but not frequency of drinking, is associated with violent behavior. The models included a control for nonviolent offending, conforming to studies of the “differential etiology of violence” thesis. In addition, we tested whether this association fell away among participants over the age of 21 and found that underage status did not mediate the association between binge drinking and violent behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"49 5","pages":"480-491"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10317691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Li Shaun Huang, Pascal Molenberghs, Alexander J. Mussap
{"title":"Cognitive distortions mediate relationships between early maladaptive schemas and aggression in women and men","authors":"Li Shaun Huang, Pascal Molenberghs, Alexander J. Mussap","doi":"10.1002/ab.22083","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ab.22083","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Difficult childhood experiences can lead to the development of early maladaptive schemas (EMS) that cause emotional and behavioral problems later in life. The present study examined the role of cognitive distortions in mediating relationships between EMS and aggression in adults as a function of sex. Participants were 59 women (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 34.7 years, standard deviation [<i>SD</i>] = 8.0) and 86 men (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 39.3 years, <i>SD</i> = 13.2) who completed the Young Schema Questionnaire—Short Form-V3, the How I Think Questionnaire of cognitive distortions, and the Buss–Warren Aggression Questionnaire. Multiple mediation analysis identified EMS domain <i>impaired limits</i> to be uniquely and directly related to aggression, and the domain <i>impaired autonomy</i> to be indirectly related via a range of cognitive distortions. Multigroup analyses revealed no sex differences in these relationships, and analysis of covariance with age as a covariate revealed no sex differences in levels of EMS, cognitive distortion, or aggression. The results suggest that impaired limits and impaired autonomy are EMS domains of relevance to aggression regardless of sex. Furthermore, in the case of impaired autonomy, self-serving, proaggression cognitive distortions appear to be involved. Interventions for aggression may thus benefit by focusing on clients with entitlement/grandiosity traits indicative of impaired limits, and vulnerability/dependence traits indicative of impaired autonomy, and in the latter case consider addressing the self-serving cognitions that enable the expression of aggression in these clients.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"49 4","pages":"418-430"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ab.22083","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9674430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tracy Vaillancourt, Heather Brittain, Ann H. Farrell, Amanda Krygsman, Irene Vitoroulis
{"title":"Bullying involvement and the transition to high school: A brief report","authors":"Tracy Vaillancourt, Heather Brittain, Ann H. Farrell, Amanda Krygsman, Irene Vitoroulis","doi":"10.1002/ab.22082","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ab.22082","url":null,"abstract":"<p>School transitions are common educational experiences for children and adolescents and many of them worry about being bullied during this type of major life-changing point. In a sample of 701 Canadians assessed yearly from grade 5 (age 10) to grade 12 (age 18), we examined heterogeneous patterns of bullying involvement while statistically accounting for the transition into high school. Gender differences were also examined. Results indicated that on average, bullying victimization declined over time with a significant drop noted between grade 8 and grade 9 (the transition into high school), with few differences between girls and boys. Bullying perpetration also declined for most students (no gender differences), with a notable drop found at the transition into high school. However, for a subset of adolescents, the transition into high school was accompanied by an increase in bullying perpetration. These varied experiences highlight the need to model heterogeneity when examining the impact of school transitions on bullying, a neglected focus of inquiry to date. Our results suggest that moving into high school is beneficial for most adolescents involved in bullying, but not for all.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"49 4","pages":"409-417"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ab.22082","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9675240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hassan Raza, Linda M. Baron Cortes, Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, Lyndal Khaw
{"title":"Using mixed models to examine the factors associated with intimate partner violence among married women in Pakistan","authors":"Hassan Raza, Linda M. Baron Cortes, Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, Lyndal Khaw","doi":"10.1002/ab.22073","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ab.22073","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Currently, the rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Pakistan is 29%, which is likely an underestimate. This study used mixed models to examine the effects of women empowerment, women and husband's education, number of adult women in a household, number of children 5 or under in a household, and place of residence on physical violence and controlling behavior, controlling for women's current age and wealth status. Nationally representative data collected from 3,545 currently married women in the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (2012–2013) was used for the current study. Mixed models were estimated separately for physical violence and controlling behavior. Logistic regression was also used to conduct additional analyses. Results indicated that women and their husband's education, and number of adult women in a household were associated with a decrease in physical violence, whereas women's empowerment, and women and their husband's education were associated with a decrease in controlling behavior. The implications and limitations of the study are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"49 3","pages":"301-316"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9822373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruth H. Brown, Lydia G. Speyer, Manuel P. Eisner, Denis Ribeaud, Aja Murray
{"title":"Exploring the effect of ADHD traits on the moment-to-moment interplay between provocation and aggression: Evidence from dynamic structural equation modeling","authors":"Ruth H. Brown, Lydia G. Speyer, Manuel P. Eisner, Denis Ribeaud, Aja Murray","doi":"10.1002/ab.22081","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ab.22081","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The relation between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and aggression is well documented; however, the processes that account for higher levels of aggression associated with ADHD in the course of daily life are little understood. The current study used ecological momentary assessment to explore how ADHD traits relate to individual differences in perceiving provocation from others and the resultant aggressive behaviors; and the strengths of the links between provocation and aggression in the flow of daily life. A dynamic structural equation model was fit using data from a subpopulation of young adults involved in the longitudinal z-proso study (<i>n</i> = 259, median-age 20). Data on provocation and aggression was collected at four quasi-random time periods per day over a 14-day period. Individuals with higher ADHD trait levels reported higher instances of provocation and aggression, with ADHD traits significantly moderating aggression inertia such that those with higher levels of ADHD traits showed greater persistence of aggressive behavior over time. However, ADHD trait levels did not significantly moderate any of the observed cross-lagged effects. Our findings suggest that individuals with higher levels of ADHD traits are at greater risk of exposure to interpersonal interactions involving interpersonal provocation, show higher levels of aggressive behavior in daily life, and find it more difficult to reduce their aggression once triggered. These findings support the importance of targeting factors such as social skills and emotion regulation that may underpin the increased difficulties in interpersonal interactions often experienced by individuals with high levels of ADHD symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"49 5","pages":"469-479"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ab.22081","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10334417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"School bullying and its risk and protective factors in Chinese early adolescents: A latent transition analysis","authors":"Linwei Yu, Xiaoqing Li, Qian Hu, Zhaoming Guo, Defan Hong, Yingying Huang, Yuan Xu, Jiaying Zhang, Qiang Xu, Suo Jiang","doi":"10.1002/ab.22080","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ab.22080","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bullying perpetration and victimization are common and problematic occurrences during adolescence. Typically, bullying incidents involve different bullying roles. However, little is known about the developmental stability and changes in these roles. In the present study, we aimed to assess the stability and changes in bullying roles and examine risk and protective factors associated with bullying involvement. A total of 1711 Chinese early adolescents (47.4% girls, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 11.99) participated in the study at two time points approximately 6 months apart. Three subgroups of bullying were identified: bully-victims, victims, and the uninvolved. In terms of stability and changes, the uninvolved were the most stable over time, while victims and bully-victims tended to become the uninvolved. Bully-victims also tended to become victims. Early adolescents with higher levels of parental psychological control and depression symptoms were more likely to be victims or bully-victims. Higher levels of depression symptoms increased the risk of transitioning from being the uninvolved or bully-victims to becoming victims. Higher levels of friendship quality were associated with higher odds of being the uninvolved or transitioning from being victims or bully-victims to becoming the uninvolved. Our findings indicate that bullying roles were relatively stable, with some changes over time. The results also highlight the important function that parental psychological control, friendship quality, and depression symptoms can play in preventing and intervening in bullying.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"49 4","pages":"345-358"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10048505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relational model of relative deprivation, revenge, and cyberbullying: A three-time longitudinal study","authors":"Yongfen Guo, Ling-Xiang Xia","doi":"10.1002/ab.22079","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ab.22079","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cyberbullying is a new form of aggression and can have serious consequences. Although the influencing factors of cyberbullying have been explored in the literature, less is known of the longitudinal effects of relative deprivation on cyberbullying and the mediating mechanisms underlying the effect. In this study, we explored these problems. A total of 1143 undergraduates (62.9% women, mean age = 19.46, standard deviation [<i>SD</i>] = 0.95) participated in three rounds of a longitudinal survey with an interval of 6 months and completed a series of self-reported questionnaires assessing relative deprivation, revenge, and cyberbullying. The results of random intercept cross-lagged panel model showed that at between-person level, the random intercepts of relative deprivation, revenge, and cyberbullying were positively associated with each other. At within-person level, relative deprivation and revenge could predict each other over time, and revenge longitudinally predicted cyberbullying. Moreover, revenge mediated the longitudinal effect of relative deprivation on cyberbullying. The results support and develop the view of the general aggression model and deepen our understanding of the development mechanism of cyberbullying.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"49 4","pages":"333-344"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9666210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}