1098-2337/asset/olbannercenter.gif?v=1&s=8d35bfb28644509545d9136b7b414e01c5b42dc9)
Research Article
Individual and collective social cognitive influences on peer aggression: exploring the contribution of aggression efficacy, moral disengagement, and collective efficacy
Article first published online: 2 NOV 2010
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20375
© 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Additional Information
How to Cite
Barchia, K. and Bussey, K. (2011), Individual and collective social cognitive influences on peer aggression: exploring the contribution of aggression efficacy, moral disengagement, and collective efficacy. Aggr. Behav., 37: 107–120. doi: 10.1002/ab.20375
Publication History
- Issue published online: 27 JAN 2011
- Article first published online: 2 NOV 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: 22 SEP 2010
- Manuscript Revised: 19 SEP 2010
- Manuscript Received: 5 NOV 2008
Funded by
- Australian Rotary Health Research Fund Ian Scott Fellowship
- Australian Federation of University Women Fellowship
- Macquarie University
- Abstract
- Article
- References
- Cited By
Keywords:
- peer aggression;
- self-efficacy;
- moral disengagement;
- collective efficacy;
- social cognition
Abstract
This follow-up study with 1,167 primarily White adolescents (aged 13.45 years at T1, 613 females) examined the impact of self-efficacy for aggression, moral disengagement, and collective efficacy beliefs on peer aggression in schools. Students completed questionnaire measures at the beginning and end of the school year (8 months apart). High aggression efficacy and moral disengagement scores predicted higher frequency of peer aggression over time. Low collective efficacy beliefs regarding the ability of students and teachers to collaboratively act to inhibit peer aggression were also associated with more frequent aggression, although this association was stronger at higher levels of moral disengagement. The findings of this study highlight the need to consider collective efficacy beliefs in conjunction with individual social cognitive processes when seeking to explain aggressive behavior. Aggr. Behav. 37:107–120, 2011. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.