This study aimed to verify the double mediating effect of jealousy and hostile attribution bias in the relationship between rejection sensitivity and relational aggression in college students. A total of 428 college students aged 18 and older were ana...
This study aimed to verify the double mediating effect of jealousy and hostile attribution bias in the relationship between rejection sensitivity and relational aggression in college students. A total of 428 college students aged 18 and older were analyzed using SPSS Process Macro 4.0. The results of this study were as follows. First, rejection sensitivity, jealousy, hostile attribution bias, relational aggression had a statistically significant positive correlations. Second, jealousy and hostile attribution bias showed double mediating effect between rejection sensitivity and relational aggression in college students. Third, jealousy and hostile attribution bias showed double mediating effect between rejection sensitivity and relational aggression in men college students. But, the direct effect of rejection sensitivity on relational aggression was insignificant. Finally, jealousy and hostile attribution bias showed double mediating effect between rejection sensitivity and relational aggression in women college students. These result suggest that emotion regulation strategy and cognitive behavior therapeutic approaches for jealousy and hostile attribution bias will be effective at reducing their relational aggression.