Childhood psychological abuse and relational aggression among adolescents: A moderated chain mediation model

Frontiers in Psychology

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Ting Li¹  Yuhuai Huang²  Meiru Jiang³  Shutao Ma¹  Yankun Ma¹ 

[1] School of Education, Guangzhou University;Nansha Tianyuan Campus of Guangzhou High School;Qionglai West Street Primary School

关键词: childhood psychological abuse;    Relational aggression;    Rejection sensitivity;    Relational victimization;    cognitive reappraisal;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1082516

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

To investigate the influence of childhood psychological abuse on relational aggression among middle school students and its internal mechanism, a cluster sampling survey was administered to 1,868 middle school students. The results demonstrated that: (1) childhood psychological abuse was significantly positively related to relational aggression; (2) childhood psychological abuse was significantly linked with adolescents' relational aggression through the separate mediating effects of rejection sensitivity and relational victimization, as well as through the chain mediating effects of rejection sensitivity and relational victimization; (3) the chain mediated effect of childhood psychological abuse on relational aggression through rejection sensitivity and relational victimization was moderated by cognitive reappraisal. This study is helpful to demonstrate the protective effect of cognitive reappraisal and reveal the internal mechanism of childhood psychological abuse on relational aggression.

【 授权许可】

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