Dark Triad Personality Traits in Cyber Aggression Among College Students

Nocera, Taylor R.; Dahlen, Eric R.

doi:10.1891/vv-d-18-00058

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“…They are related to risky sexual behavior (Fulton et al, 2010), overt and relational aggression (Schmeelk et al, 2008; Van Baardewijk et al, 2009), violent criminal history (Campbell et al, 2004), bullying (Antoniadou et al, 2016; Ragatz et al, 2011), and differences in moral foundations (e.g., harm/care, in-group loyalty; Mededovic & Petrović, 2016). Several studies have found that the total scores from various measures of psychopathic traits are positively related to cyber aggression among emerging adults (Craker & March, 2016; Goodboy & Martin, 2015; Kokkinos et al, 2014; Nocera & Dahlen, 2020); however, few used psychometrically sound measures of cyber aggression appropriate for emerging adults, and many used brief measures of psychopathy, which may not adequately capture the construct. Thus, we expected that psychopathic traits would be positively associated with cyber aggression perpetration.…”

Section: Predictors Of Cyber Aggressionmentioning

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Dark personality traits and anger in cyber aggression perpetration: Is moral disengagement to blame?

Nocera¹,

Dahlen²,

Mohn³

et al. 2022

Psychology of Popular Media

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A number of dark personality traits (e.g., psychopathy and sadism) have been shown to predict cyber aggression perpetration among emerging adults; however, trait anger and moral disengagement, both useful in understanding other forms of aggression, have not typically been included in these models. The present study tested a model in which dark personality traits and trait anger were expected to predict cyber aggression perpetration and moral disengagement was expected to partially mediate these relationships. Emerging adult volunteers (N = 404; 41% men, 59% women) between 18 and 29 (M = 25.16, SD = 2.76) recruited through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk completed an online survey assessing the variables of interest. Structural equation modeling showed that sadism (β = 0.450, p < .001), psychopathy (β = 0.118, p = .035), and anger (β = 0.099, p = .007) predicted cyber aggression perpetration when taking respondent sex and college enrollment into account, indicating a small effect for anger and psychopathy and a medium effect for sadism. Moral disengagement partially mediated these relationships (24.11% for sadism, 37.23% for psychopathy, and 29.79% for anger). Both trait anger and moral disengagement may be useful in preventing cyber aggression and informing the development of clinical interventions for perpetrators (e.g., anger management, moral reasoning training, improving distress tolerance). This study adds to the literature on personality traits and cyber aggression among emerging adults.

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Dark personality traits and anger in cyber aggression perpetration: Is moral disengagement to blame?

Nocera¹,

Dahlen²,

Mohn³

et al. 2022

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“…Some researcher found that Machiavellianism (Kircaburun et al, 2018) and grandiose manipulative trait (a sub construct of psychopathy; Ciucci et al, 2014;Orue et al, 2016) better predict CA among men, whereas others indicated that callous-unemotional trait (another sub construct of psychopathy; Orue et al, 2016) and psychopathy (Zhu and Jin, 2021) was more strongly related to aggression in girls. However, other studies shown that gender could not moderate these relationship (Nocera and Dahlen, 2020;Wright et al, 2020). Thus, it becomes essential for examining the gender differences between these variables.…”

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“…Consequently, empirical and meta-analytical studies have found that males consistently reported higher scores on dark triad personality ( Jones and Weiser, 2014 ; Muris et al, 2017 ). In addition, studies on CA indicated that women are prone to engage in relational and indirect CA, while men engage in more direct and physical CA ( Carbone-Lopez et al, 2010 ; Nocera and Dahlen, 2020 ). Moreover, it might be that males are more prone to involvement in cyber aggressive behaviors than females, because of their higher levels of dark personality features.…”

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Dark triad and cyber aggression among Chinese adolescents during COVID-19: A moderated mediation model

Zhang

Bian²,

Zhao³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of online learning has become a necessary choice for students, and would increase the probability of cyber aggression (CA). Despite the relationship between Dark Triad and CA previous was explored in previous research, the underlying psychological mechanism of CA in adolescents is still unclear. The current study aimed to examine the mediating role of moral disengagement (MD) and the moderating of gender in the relationship between Dark Triad and CA. A sample consists of 501 Chinese adolescents (246 females; 255 males) between the ages of 11 ~ 20. Participants completed the Dirty Dozen Scale, Moral Disengagement Scale, and Cyber Aggressive Behavior Scale. Results show that higher levels of dark personality were associated with higher levels of MD and CA. Moral disengagement partially mediated this positive effects of dark personality on CA. Moreover, gender moderated the mediation model. Specially, the positive relationship between dark triad personality and CA was stronger among females adolescents. These findings advance the understanding of how dark triad personality induces Chinese adolescents’ cyber aggressive behavior.

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“…Por último, la psicopatía fue definida como un conjunto de tendencias antisociales como impulsividad, falta de remordimientos, problemas para establecer vínculos emocionales, entre otros (Cleckley, 1941;Paulhus & Williams, 2002). Estos tres rasgos, independientes pero relacionados entre sí (Furnham et al, 2013;Muris et al, 2017), han mostrado asociación con distintos tipos de conductas desadaptativas como acoso laboral (Fernández-del-Río et al, 2021), bullying (Van Geel et al, 2017), adicciones comportamentales (Demircioğlu & Köse, 2021;Tang et al, 2020) y diferentes conductas agresivas y violentas (Barlett, 2016;Jones & Neria, 2015;Nocera & Dahlen, 2020). A pesar de la numerosa literatura dedicada en los últimos años a este concepto, hay pocos trabajos que hayan estudiado la asociación de la Tríada Oscura con la conducción agresiva (Ball et al, 2018;Burtăverde et al, 2016), encontrándose que los factores de personalidad de la Tríada Oscura se relacionan y predicen diversos aspectos de la conducción agresiva.…”

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La relación de los factores de personalidad y la conducción agresiva: los Cinco Grandes y la Tríada Oscura

Hidalgo-Fuentes

2022

Acta. Colomb. Psicol.

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El objetivo de esta investigación fue analizar el papel que los factores de personalidad pertenecientes a los Cinco Grandes y la Tríada Oscura —maquiavelismo, narcisismo y psicopatía— tienen en la conducción agresiva. La muestra se compuso de 318 estudiantes universitarios con permiso de conducir, quienes contestaron a una batería de pruebas que evaluaba los factores de personalidad de los Cinco Grandes (tipi), la Tríada Oscura (dd) y la conducción agresiva (das y dax). Los análisis de regresión jerárquica controlando las variables de edad y sexo, respaldan la utilidad predictiva de los factores de personalidad de los Cinco Grandes y la Tríada Oscura. Los resultados mostraron cómo la afabilidad, la estabilidad emocional y la apertura a la experiencia predicen de manera significativa diversos aspectos de la conducción agresiva. El maquiavelismo y el narcisismo son predictores significativos de diversas formas de expresión de la ira en la conducción, una vez controladoslos efectos de los Cinco Grandes.

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Dark Triad Personality Traits in Cyber Aggression Among College Students

Cited by 13 publications

References 40 publications

Dark personality traits and anger in cyber aggression perpetration: Is moral disengagement to blame?

Dark personality traits and anger in cyber aggression perpetration: Is moral disengagement to blame?

Dark triad and cyber aggression among Chinese adolescents during COVID-19: A moderated mediation model

La relación de los factores de personalidad y la conducción agresiva: los Cinco Grandes y la Tríada Oscura

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