The Influence of Personality Traits on School Bullying: A Moderated Mediation Model

We recruited 1,631 middle and high school students to explore the relationship between personality traits and school bullying, and the moderated and mediating roles of self-concept and loneliness on this relationship. Results showed that (1) neuroticism had a significant positive predictive effect o...

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Published in:Frontiers in psychology 2021-05, Vol.12
Main Authors: Zhang, Yun, Li, Zuoshan, Tan, Yalan, Zhang, Xi, Zhao, Qingyu, Chen, Xin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adolescents
loneliness
personality traits
Psychology
school bullying
self-concept
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Summary:We recruited 1,631 middle and high school students to explore the relationship between personality traits and school bullying, and the moderated and mediating roles of self-concept and loneliness on this relationship. Results showed that (1) neuroticism had a significant positive predictive effect on being bullied, extroversion had a significant negative predictive effect on being bullied, and agreeableness had a significant negative predictive effect on bullying/being bullied; (2) loneliness played a mediating role between neuroticism and bullied behaviors, extroversion and bullying behaviors, and agreeableness and bullying/bullied behaviors; (3) self-concept played a moderating role on the mediation pathway of loneliness on neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness and bullying behaviors. Therefore, to reduce the frequency of school bullying among adolescents, we should not only reduce their levels of loneliness but also improve their levels of self-concept.
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.650070