The personality profile of a cyberbully: Examining the Dark Triad

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Highlights:

• The Dark Triad traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy) are related positively to student reports of cyberbullying.

• Of the three Dark Triad traits, psychopathy is a unique predictor of cyberbullying.

• Personality plays an important role in the perpetration of both visual and text-based cyberbullying messages.

摘要

•The Dark Triad traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy) are related positively to student reports of cyberbullying.•Of the three Dark Triad traits, psychopathy is a unique predictor of cyberbullying.•Personality plays an important role in the perpetration of both visual and text-based cyberbullying messages.

论文关键词:Dark Triad,Machiavellianism,Narcissism,Psychopathy,Bullying,Cyberbullying

论文评审过程:Available online 6 March 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.052