A study on the relationship between the moral self-concept and the cyber aggression behavior of college students

Abstract

A pilot and a formal study were conducted to explore the relationship between moral self-concept and cyber aggression behavior. Results indicate that the tendency of an individual to exhibit overt cyber aggression behaviors can be predicted based on social and individual moral self levels. The tendency to exhibit overt cyber aggression behaviors is low when social and individual moral self levels are high. Individual moral self level can be used to predict the tendency of an individual to display relational cyber aggression behaviors. The tendency to exhibit relational cyber aggression behaviors is low when individual moral self level is high. The function of moral self in predicting cyber aggression behaviors is discussed.