The Role of Neuroticism in the Relation between Self-Esteem and Aggressive Emotion among 1085 Chinese Adolescents

Zhaojun Teng, Yanling Liu

1Research Center of Mental Health Education & Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China 2Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education & School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Research Center of Mental Health Education & Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.

DOI: 10.4236/psych.2013.410103                

Abstract

The present study aimed to reveal the role of neuroticism on the relationship between self-esteem and aggressive emotion. We conducted a cross-sectional study in which a battery of self-report questionnaires was used to assess self-esteem, neuroticism and aggressive emotion in 1085 Chinese adolescents (N = 1085, M_age = 16.38 years, 753 boys). We found that self-esteem could make a negative prediction of aggressive emotion both in males and females. And also, we found the mediating role of neuroticism was in both males and females, on the relations between self-esteem and aggressive emotion, especially, the moderating role of neuroticism among males in the aspect of relationship between self-esteem and aggressive emotion. In conclusion, neuroticism was of importance for aggressive emotion, which was conducive to interventions. According to these findings, at the same time, implications and limitations were discussed in the content.

Keywords

Self-Esteem; Aggressive Emotion; Neuroticism

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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