Moral Disengagement as Determinant of Relational Aggression Among Adolescents

The present study aimed at finding the predictive relationship between moral disengagement andrelational aggression among adolescents. Sample of 612 adolescent students aged from 12-19 yearswas collected from different schools and colleges of district Gujrat, Pakistan. Two scales; Moraldisengagement scale for Adolescents by Riaz & Bano(2018) and Urdu version of diverse adolescentrelational aggression Riaz (2014) were used for measuring variables. The findings of the presentstudy revealed significant predictive relation of moral disengagement with relational aggression [R2=0.327; F (1,607) = 295.362, p<0.01]; diffusion and displacement of responsibility, sub dimensionwith relational aggression [R2 =0.182; F (1, 608) = 135.060, p<0.01]; advantageous comparisonwith relational aggression [R2 =0.135; F (1, 608) = 94.823-, p<0.01]; dehumanization withrelational aggression [R2 =0.199; F (1, 608) = 151.106, p<0.01]; attribution of blame with relationalaggression [R2 =0.134; F (1, 608) = 94.374, p<0.01], moral justification with relational aggression[R2 =0.110; F (1, 608) = 75.088, p<0.01] and euphemistic labeling with relational aggression [R2=0.054; F (1, 609) = 34.742, p<0.01] .The present study supported the predictive relationship ofmoral disengagement with relational aggression among adolescents.