Relationships Among Normative Beliefs About Aggression, Moral Disengagement, Self-Control and Bullying in Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model

Figures & data

Figure 1 Diagram of moderated mediation effect analysis.

Table 1 Descriptive Statistics and Correlations Among Variables in the Whole Sample (N=491)

Variables	M (±SD)	1	2	3	4	5	6
1 NOBAGS	1.49±0.47	—
2 MD	1.85±0.45	0.41**	—
3 SCS	2.77±0.45	−0.26**	−0.34**	—
4 R-OBVQ	1.41±0.46	0.32**	0.40**	−0.41**	—
5 Age	13.05±0.85	−0.10*	−0.02	−0.08	0.05	—
6 Gender	—	0.05	−0.08	0.03	−0.23**	0.07	—
7 Grade	—	−0.10*	−0.02	−0.07	0.06	0.97**	0.04	—

Notes: *p<0.05; **p<0.01.

Abbreviations: NOBAGS, normative beliefs about aggression; MD, moral disengagement; SCS, self-control; R-OBVQ, bullying.

Table 2 Summary Table of Mediation Effect Analysis (N=491)

Predictors Variables	MD		R-OBVQ
	β	t	β	t
NOBAGS	0.41***	9.91	0.18**	4.08
MD			0.33***	7.28
R^2	0.17		0.19
F	98.22***		56.44***

Notes: **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.

Table 3 Summary of Moderated Mediation Effect Analysis (N=491)

Predictors Variables	Results Variables
	MD		R-OBVQ
	β	t	β	t
NOBAGS	0.33***	7.84	0.14**	3.22
MD			0.22***	4.80
SCS			−0.29***	−6.92
NOBAGS ×SCS	−0.08*	−2.25
MD ×SCS			−0.09*	−2.42
NOBAGS ×SCS			−0.00	−0.08
R^2	0.24		0.28
F	49.93***		37.02***

Notes: *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.

Figure 2 Moderation effect of self-control between normative beliefs about aggression and moral disengagement.

Abbreviations: NOBAGS, normative beliefs about aggression; MD, moral disengagement; SCS, self-control.

Figure 3 Moderation effect of self-control between moral disengagement and bullying.

Abbreviations: NOBAGS, normative beliefs about aggression; MD, moral disengagement; SCS, self-control.