'I did it for the LULZ': How the dark personality predicts online disinhibition and aggressive online behavior in adolescence
'I did it for the LULZ': How the dark personality predicts online disinhibition and aggressive online behavior in adolescence
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chb.2019.03.027
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发表时间：
2019-09-01
影响因子：
9.9
通讯作者：
Stuart, Jaimee
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作者：
Kurek, Anna;Jose, Paul E.;Stuart, Jaimee
很大一部分青少年认为网络空间为他们提供了一个相对安全且匿名的数字泡沫，非常适合无拘无束地自我表达。与此同时，观察人士注意到在互联网上行为不受约束的人有所增加，研究人员也报告了网络攻击行为的发生率上升。然而，尚不清楚去抑制是否以及如何与网络攻击相关。为了探索可能的关联，招募了来自新西兰的大量高中生样本（总人数N = 709，平均年龄M - age = 15.56岁），他们完成了一项调查，其中包括评估个性以及技术行为、态度、习惯和趋势的量表。本研究旨在调查自恋、精神病态和虐待狂这三种黑暗人格特质是否会预测虚假自我认知，进而预测网络去抑制和攻击性网络行为。所有这三种黑暗人格特质以及虚假自我都与网络去抑制呈正相关。研究发现，当通过网络去抑制起中介作用时，虚假自我认知是网络攻击的一个重要预测因素。然而，就网络攻击而言，精神病态、虐待狂特质和网络去抑制被发现是这一结果的重要预测因素。这些结果共同提供了一个更细致的理解，即反社会人格特质如何与不良适应性身份形成（即对虚假自我信念的认同）以及不良适应性网络行为相关联。
A large proportion of youth believe that the world of cyberspace provides them with a relatively safe and anonymous digital bubble ripe for uninhibited self-expression. At the same time, observers have noted an increase of individuals behaving in an unrestrained manner on the Internet, while researchers have reported elevated rates of cyber aggressive behavior. What remains unclear, however, is whether, and how, disinhibition might be related to cyber aggression. In an aim to explore the possible associations, a large sample (total N = 709) of high school (M-age = 15.56 years) respondents from New Zealand were recruited, and completed a survey featuring scales assessing personality and technology behaviors, attitudes, habits, and trends. The present study was designed to investigate whether the three dark personality traits of narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism would predict false self perceptions, and in sequence, online disinhibition and aggressive online behavior. All three dark personality traits, as well as false self, were positively associated with online disinhibition. Perceptions of false self were found to be a significant predictor of cyber aggression when mediated by online disinhibition. In the case of cyber aggression, however, psychopathy, sadistic traits, and online disinhibition were found to be significant predictors of this outcome. The results collectively provide a more nuanced understanding of how antisocial personality traits are associated with maladaptive identity formation (i.e., endorsement of false self beliefs) as well as maladaptive online behavior.