Predicting Aggression Based on Child Abuse Experience: Mediated by Shame and Empathy in Delinquent Juvenile

Seyedeh Faezeh Mazloom Ferezghi, Hossein Shamsi Gooshki

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Published: Jun 4, 2021

Seyedeh Faezeh Mazloom Ferezghi, Hossein Shamsi Gooshki

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of shame and empathy in the relationship between the experience of child abuse and aggression in juvenile delinquents. Methods: The participants of this study included 200 delinquent male adolescents of Tehran Correctional Center who were selected voluntarily based on non-random method. Child abuse (Hosseinkhani et al., 2013), aggression (Buss and Perry, 1992), self-conscious emotion (Tangney et al., 1996) and interpersonal reactivity (Davis, 1980) questionnaires were completed by each participant. Pearson correlation, structural equation modeling and Sobel test were used to analyze the data.

Results: Findings showed that feelings of shame had a significant mediating role in the experience of child abuse and aggression. In addition, there was a significant positive relationship between shame and total aggression score (P <0.01, 0.33) and at the same time, there was a significant positive relationship between shame and aggression dimensions including physical dimension, verbal dimension, anger and hostility. Also, there was a significant positive relationship between the total score of child abuse and shame (P <0.01, 0.32) and at the same time, there was a significant positive relationship between shame with the physical dimension of child abuse and emotional dimension, but shame had no significant relationship with neglect dimension.

Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that no relationship was found between empathy and any of the research variables. Thus, empathy could not play a mediating role in the relationship between child abuse – aggression and shame – aggression.

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Vol. 58 No. 5 (2021): Vol. 58 No. 5 (2021)

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