Digital shadow of childhood trauma: Associations between childhood maltreatment, moral disengagement, and online aggressive behavior in college students

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World J Psychiatry. Nov 19, 2026; 16(11): 123977
Published online Nov 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.123977

Table 1 Correlations among childhood maltreatment, moral disengagement, and online aggressive behavior (n = 482)

Variable	Mean	SD	1	2
Childhood maltreatment	1.73	0.59	-	-
Moral disengagement	1.76	0.62	0.52^b	-
OAB	2.48	0.58	0.43^b	0.48^b

^bP < 0.01.

OAB: Online aggressive behavior.

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Table 2 Hierarchical regression analysis predicting online aggressive behavior from childhood maltreatment and moral disengagement (n = 482)

Variable	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3
Childhood maltreatment	0.43^b	0.26^b	0.25^b
Moral disengagement	-	0.33^b	0.32^b
Childhood maltreatment × moral disengagement	-	-	0.09^a
R²	0.19	0.26	0.27
ΔR²	0.19	0.07	0.01
ΔF	110.99^b	51.41^b	5.07^a

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

All variables were standardized prior to analysis.

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Citation: Peng JX, Wang BB, Lv Y, Wu SJ. Digital shadow of childhood trauma: Associations between childhood maltreatment, moral disengagement, and online aggressive behavior in college students. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(11): 123977
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.123977

Peng JX, Wang BB, Lv Y, Wu SJ. Digital shadow of childhood trauma: Associations between childhood maltreatment, moral disengagement, and online aggressive behavior in college students. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(11): 123977 [DOI: 10.5498/wjp.123977]

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