The Impact Of Social Exclusion On College Students’ Online Aggressive Behavior:the Chain Mediating Role Of Shame And Self-concept Clarity

While the rapid development of the Internet brings great convenience to everyone,the anonymity of the Internet also allows some Internet users’ bad behavior to hide.Online aggressive behavior is a kind of those bad behaviors,which is a kind of behavior that uses information and communication technology to harm the target individual or group through the medium of the Internet.In previous studies,many researchers have studied the factors that influence the behavior of college students’ online aggressive behavior.This research will focus on the impact of social exclusion on college students’ online aggressive behavior,and explore the chain mediating role of shame and self-concept clarity in the relationship between social exclusion and college students’ online aggressive behavior.This study used the Adolescent Online Aggressive Behavior Scale,College Students Social Exclusion Scale,Self-Concept Clarity Scale and Experience of Shame Scale to survey college students.475 questionnaires were distributed,424 valid questionnaires were adopted,SPSS23.0 and PROCESS was used for data analysis.This is the following results from this study :(1)There were no significant differences in the three oral variables of social exclusion,self-concept clarity,and online aggressive behavior among college students.Three oral variables including gender,professional type and hukou type.However,There are significant gender differences in the level of shame among college students,the level of shame in female is significantly higher than the level of shame in male college students.(2)Online aggression behavior of college students is significantly positively correlated with social exclusion,social exclusion is positively correlated with shame,shame is negatively correlated with self-concept clarity,and self-concept clarity was significantly negatively correlated with online aggressive behavior.(3)College students’ levels of social exclusion can positively predict their level of online aggressive behavior and shame;shame can positively predict online aggressive behavior,social exclusion can negatively predict the level of self-concept clarity,self-concept clarity can also negatively predict online aggressive behavior.(4)Shame has a mediating effect in the relationship between social exclusion and online aggressive behavior,self-concept clarity has a mediating effect in the relationship between social exclusion and online aggressive behavior,shame and self-concept clarity have a chain mediating effect in the relationship between social exclusion and online aggressive behavior.Based on these results,the study concludes that social exclusion have positively effect on college students’ online aggressive behavior,shame and self-concept clarity act chain mediator between the relationship of social exclusion and online aggressive behavior.College teacher and parents can take some measure like,using mental-health courses,carrying out psychological group counseling,to reduce college students’ social exclusion,shame and improving their self-concept clarity.Ultimately,reduce the level of online aggressive behavior.