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ABSTRACT
The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between moral disengagement, emotion regulation and bullying behavior at school. Participants were 512 adolescents (281 males and 231 females) attending secondary schools in Cyprus. They completed a questionnaire package two times, with a five months period between them. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to investigate the relationships among the variables under study. Moderation analyses were used to examine the moderating role of emotion regulation strategies on the effect of moral disengagement on bullying activity and multi-group analyses were further employed to examine the role of gender as a potential moderator. In line with earlier research, a positive association between moral disengagement and bullying behavior was found. Further, it was found that emotion regulation serves as a moderator of the effect of moral disengagement on bullying behavior. However, such moderation was found only for girls who use maladaptive emotion regulation strategies.
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Stelios N. Georgiou
Stelios N. Georgiou is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Cyprus. His main research interests include child development in context, home-school relations, parenting, internalizing and externalizing problems (including bullying and victimization). He has served as Primary Investigator in several research projects examining parameters of peer aggression, such as moral disengagement, impulsivity, emotion regulation and mindfulness.
Kyriakos Charalampous
Dr. Kyriakos Charalampous is a research Fellow at the Department of psychology, University of Cyprus. His research interests include advanced statistical methods, classroom climate and peer aggression.
Panayotis Stavrinides
Panayotis Stavrinides is an Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Cyprus. His main research interests include child development from birth to adolescence, parenting, internalizing and externalizing problems (including bullying and victimization).