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- Title
The Dark Tetrad, cybervictimization, and cyberbullying: The role of moral disengagement.
- Authors
Gajda, Anna; Moroń, Marcin; Królik, Michał; Małuch, Magdalena; Mraczek, Monika
- Abstract
Cyberbullying is a form of antisocial online behaviors. Perpetration of intentional and repeated harm inflicted through electronic devices is associated with dark personality traits and may be caused by morally impaired reasoning. In the current study, we investigated the associations between the Dark Tetrad (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, sadism), cybervictimization, and cyberbullying. We also examined the intervening role of moral disengagement in the relationship between the Dark Tetrad and cyberbullying. Two hundred fifty-one adults (72.6% women) participated in an on-line study. Correlational analysis indicated that all dark personality traits were associated with higher cyberbullying and cybervictimization (except narcissism as a predictor of cybervictimization). Moral disengagement was positively related to Machiavellianism, sadism and cybervictimization. Controlled for covariance between the Dark Tetrad traits and cybervictimization, sadism and cybervictimization appeared to be associated with cyberbullying. Moreover, moral disengagement did not account for the associations between the Dark Tetrad and cyberbullying.
- Subjects
CYBERBULLYING; MORAL disengagement; PERSONALITY; DELINQUENT behavior; SADISM; ELECTRONIC equipment
- Publication
Current Psychology, 2023, Vol 42, Issue 27, p23413
- ISSN
1046-1310
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12144-022-03456-6