Using an experimental design, we examined whether retaliatory normative beliefs mediated the relation between peer victimization and reactive aggression and whether self-perspective moderated the relations among peer victimization, retaliatory normative beliefs, and reactive aggressive behavior in a sample of 381 junior high-school students (165 girls) in Grades 7 and 8. Findings revealed that retaliatory normative beliefs fully mediated the relation between peer victimization and reactive aggression. Moreover, the mediating effect of retaliatory normative beliefs was moderated by self-perspective. Specifically, for the self-distanced group, peer victimization demonstrated a weaker impact on retaliatory normative beliefs than that of the self-immersed group and the control group. These results suggest that adolescents' beliefs about the acceptability of retaliatory aggression (rather than peer victimization) are directly associated with reactive aggression, and that self-distancing may be a protective factor against retaliatory normative beliefs and reactive aggression in provocative situations. The implications and limitations of these findings are discussed.

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初中生同伴受害与反应性攻击：报复性规范信念与自我视角的调节中介模型

使用实验设计，我们在 381 名初中学生的样本中检查了报复性规范信念是否调节了同伴受害和反应性攻击之间的关系，以及自我视角是否调节了同伴受害、报复性规范性信念和反应性攻击行为之间的关系（165 名女孩）在 7 年级和 8 年级。调查结果显示，报复性规范信念完全调节了同伴受害和反应性攻击之间的关系。此外，报复性规范信念的中介作用受到自我视角的调节。具体而言，对于自我疏远组，同伴受害对报复性规范信念的影响比自我沉浸组和控制组要弱。这些结果表明，青少年 关于报复性攻击（而不是同伴受害）的可接受性的信念与反应性攻击直接相关，并且自我疏远可能是对抗报复性规范信念和挑衅情况下的反应性攻击的保护因素。讨论了这些发现的含义和局限性。