TY - JOUR
T1 - The Dark Tetrad, online moral disengagement, and online aggression perpetration among adults
AU - Pabian, Sara
AU - Vandebosch, Heidi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the University Research Fund UAntwerp [Grant No. BOF.KP.41693].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - Online aggression is a form of antisocial online behavior that has been widely studied among adolescents, but adults of all ages are involved as well. The goal of the present study is to broaden the understanding of potential risk factors of online aggression perpetration. Associations between socially aversive personality traits and online aggression are examined. In contrast to previous research and to account for ICT affordances, the present study argues for and tests the mediating role of online moral disengagement, and not traditional moral disengagement, in the relationships between traits and perpetration. To this aim, a cross-sectional dataset, balanced in terms of age, was collected among 2,000 adults aged 19–79. A path model revealed indirect associations for two traits, psychopathy and sadism, with online aggression perpetration via online moral disengagement, while controlling for online aggression victimization. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
AB - Online aggression is a form of antisocial online behavior that has been widely studied among adolescents, but adults of all ages are involved as well. The goal of the present study is to broaden the understanding of potential risk factors of online aggression perpetration. Associations between socially aversive personality traits and online aggression are examined. In contrast to previous research and to account for ICT affordances, the present study argues for and tests the mediating role of online moral disengagement, and not traditional moral disengagement, in the relationships between traits and perpetration. To this aim, a cross-sectional dataset, balanced in terms of age, was collected among 2,000 adults aged 19–79. A path model revealed indirect associations for two traits, psychopathy and sadism, with online aggression perpetration via online moral disengagement, while controlling for online aggression victimization. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
KW - Online aggression perpetration
KW - Adults
KW - Dark Tetrad
KW - Online moral disengagement
KW - Online aggression victimization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.teler.2023.100089
DO - 10.1016/j.teler.2023.100089
M3 - Article
SN - 2772-5030
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Telematics and Informatics Reports
JF - Telematics and Informatics Reports
M1 - 100089
ER -