ArticleFrontiers in public health2025
The effect of social exclusion on aggressive behavior among Chinese college students: the mediating role of relative deprivation and the moderating role of upward social comparison.
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- The relationship between social exclusion and meaning in life among college students: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Influence of social exclusion on aggressive behavior among specialized school students: the mediating roles of relative deprivation and deviant peer affiliation.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Unpacking the emotional drive: a grounded theory model of online collective action in social media.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: The current study examined the effect of social exclusion on aggressive behavior, how relative deprivation might mediate this effect, and how upward social comparison (USC) might moderate the indirect pathway. Methods: One thousand seven hundred and sixty-six college students were investigated, with an average age of 19.53 (SD = 1.09) years. Participants completed questionnaires regarding social exclusion, aggressive behavior, relative deprivation, and USC. The data was analyzed using regression-based moderated mediation modeling. PROCESS Models 4 and 7 macros for SPSS were used to test the mediation and moderated mediation models with 5,000 random sample bootstrapping confidence intervals (CIs). Results: The findings revealed a significant positive association between social exclusion and aggressive behavior among Chinese college students ( Conclusion: Relative deprivation could be a mechanism by which social exclusion was linked with aggressive behavior and USC enhanced the effect of relative deprivation. This study was important in investigating how social exclusion was related to aggressive behavior among Chinese college students which provided meaningful implications for reducing aggressive behavior. Thus, this study explored "how" and "when" social exclusion might enhance aggressive behavior among Chinese college students. The results suggested that relative deprivation and USC might be prime targets for prevention and intervention programs of aggressive behavior among Chinese college students.
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