Who do you troll and Why: An investigation into the relationship between the Dark Triad Personalities and online trolling behaviours towards popular and less popular Facebook profiles

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Highlights:

• Perceived popularity may attract attention and bullying in social media websites.

• The Dark Personalities predict different behaviours towards popular vs. less popular Facebook profiles.

• Psychopathy is associated with trolling behaviour and more so of popular Facebook profiles.

• Narcissism is associated with downward social comparison and more so to popular Facebook profiles.

摘要

•Perceived popularity may attract attention and bullying in social media websites.•The Dark Personalities predict different behaviours towards popular vs. less popular Facebook profiles.•Psychopathy is associated with trolling behaviour and more so of popular Facebook profiles.•Narcissism is associated with downward social comparison and more so to popular Facebook profiles.

论文关键词:Dark personality triad,Trolling,Social comparison,Popular Facebook profiles,Less popular Facebook profiles

论文评审过程:Received 20 February 2017, Revised 27 July 2017, Accepted 24 August 2017, Available online 24 August 2017, Version of Record 1 September 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.08.036