Dangerous dating in the digital age: Jealousy, hostility, narcissism, and psychopathy as predictors of Cyber Dating Abuse

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Highlights:

• Cyber Dating Abuse includes perpetration of relational aggressive and controlling behaviours via technology.

• We adopted evolutionary and General Aggression Model frameworks to explain Cyber Dating Abuse.

• Jealousy, vulnerable narcissism, and secondary psychopathy were significant, positive predictors.

• Vulnerable narcissism and secondary psychopathy fully mediated the relationship between hostility and Cyber Dating Abuse.

• Cyber Dating Abuse may be a product of jealousy and reactive, emotional aggression.

摘要

•Cyber Dating Abuse includes perpetration of relational aggressive and controlling behaviours via technology.•We adopted evolutionary and General Aggression Model frameworks to explain Cyber Dating Abuse.•Jealousy, vulnerable narcissism, and secondary psychopathy were significant, positive predictors.•Vulnerable narcissism and secondary psychopathy fully mediated the relationship between hostility and Cyber Dating Abuse.•Cyber Dating Abuse may be a product of jealousy and reactive, emotional aggression.

论文关键词:Cyber dating abuse,Jealousy,Hostility,Psychopathy,Narcissism

论文评审过程:Received 26 October 2020, Revised 12 January 2021, Accepted 18 January 2021, Available online 20 January 2021, Version of Record 29 January 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106711