| Abstract |
| Maladaptive emotion regulation strategies have been proposed as key factors that may trigger or reinforce criminal behavior; however limited studies have addressed this relationship in the Korean context. This study explored the associations between maladaptive emotion regulation strategy(emotional non-acceptance or suppression), moral emotions, and aggression. To understand these characteristics’ relationships with criminal behavior, moral emotions were measured in incarcerated and non-incarcerated individuals, and analyses were conducted to determine the pathways connecting emotional non-acceptance to aggressive tendencies (in non-incarcerated individuals) and criminal behavior (in incarcerated individuals). Mediation analyses performed for each group revealed that moral emotions fully mediated the relationship between emotional non-acceptance and aggressive tendencies in non-incarcerated individuals. However, no significant correlation or mediation effect was observed between emotional non-acceptance and criminal behavior in the incarcerated group. These findings indicate the importance of emotional regulation in explaining aggressive tendencies and criminal behavior and suggest that incarcerated and non-incarcerated individuals may exhibit distinct patterns in these relationships. |
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| Key Words |
| Emotional Non-Acceptance, Emotional Suppression, Moral Emotion, Aggression, Criminal Behavior, 정서 비수용, 정서 억제, 도덕 정서, 공격성, 범죄 행동 |
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