The Effects of Parent’s Moral Disengagement Induction on Adolescent’s Reactive Aggression through Adolescent’s Moral Disengagement
AUTHOR : 이윤형, 한세영
INFORMATION : page. 259~280 / 2022 Vol.29 No.3
ABSTRACT
The main purpose of the study is to examine the effects of parent’s moral disengagement induction on adolescent’s reactive aggression through adolescent’s moral disengagement. A total of 253 high school students completed a self-report questionnaire, including measures of parent’s moral disengagement and adolescent’s moral disengagement and reactive aggression. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlations, and path analysis. Also, bootstrapping was performed to confirm the significance of the indirect effect. The main findings of this study are as follows. First, father’s moral disengagement induction had direct effects on adolescent’s reactive aggression. Second, both mother and father’s moral disengagement induction had a significant effect on adolescent’s moral disengagement. Third, adolescent’s moral disengagement had a significant effect on adolescent’s reactive aggression. Fourth, parent’s moral disengagement induction had an indirect effect on adolescents’ reactive aggression through moral disengagement. In conclusion, this study emphasizes the importance of moral disengagement as a mediator between parent’s moral disengagement induction and adolescent’s reactive aggression. These results can be used on the development of parent education programs or moral enhancement programs for the prevention and reduction of adolescent’s reactive aggression and problem behavior.