A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Person x Context Effects on Anticipated Moral Emotions Following Aggression




AuthorsRoos S, Salmivalli C, Hodges EVE

PublisherWILEY-BLACKWELL

Publication year2011

JournalSocial Development

Journal name in sourceSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Journal acronymSOC DEV

Number in series4

Volume20

Issue4

First page 685

Last page702

Number of pages18

ISSN0961-205X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00603.x(external)


Abstract

We investigated person (sex, aggression level), context (witness type, victim reactions), and person x context effects on children's anticipated moral emotions following hypothetical acts of aggression against a peer. Children (N = 378, mean age = 11.3 years) were presented a series of hypothetical vignettes in which the presence of witnesses (no witnesses/most liked classmates/all of the class) and victim's reactions (neutral/sad/angry) were manipulated. The results indicated several person effects (e.g., girls anticipated more guilt and shame but less pride than boys; aggressiveness was related to less guilt and shame), as well as context effects (e.g., anticipated shame depended on who witnessed the situation and the emotional reactions of the victim). However, person context effects predominated. The overall pattern of results indicated that girls and low-aggressive children were more sensitive to contextual cues than boys and high-aggressive children. The findings support the importance of a person x context approach to understanding the emotional reactions of different children in different situations.




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