Which personality traits are related to traditional bullying and cyberbullying? A study with the Big Five, Dark Triad and sadism. (1st February 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Which personality traits are related to traditional bullying and cyberbullying? A study with the Big Five, Dark Triad and sadism. (1st February 2017)
- Main Title:
- Which personality traits are related to traditional bullying and cyberbullying? A study with the Big Five, Dark Triad and sadism
- Authors:
- van Geel, Mitch
Goemans, Anouk
Toprak, Fatih
Vedder, Paul - Abstract:
- Abstract: Studies have shown that both Big Five and Dark Triad (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy) personality traits are related to traditional bullying and cyberbullying behaviors in adolescents as well as in adults. Increasingly, scholars call for sadism as an addition to the Dark Triad in the study of antisocial and delinquent behaviors. In the current study we analyze whether the Big Five, Dark Triad and sadism predict traditional bullying and cyberbullying. The sample consisted of 1568 participants (61.9% female), ranging in age from 16 to 21 years. Using hierarchical linear regression analyses, controlling for age and gender, it was found that agreeableness, Machiavellianism, psychopathy and sadism were significantly related to traditional bullying, and agreeableness and sadism were related to cyberbullying. Taken together, the results more firmly establish that sadism could be a predictor of antisocial behaviors, by establishing its relations with bullying and cyberbullying. Highlights: Agreeableness, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy predict traditional bullying. Agreeableness predicts cyberbullying. Sadism predicts traditional bullying when Dark Triad traits are controlled for. Sadism predicts cyberbullying when Dark Triad traits are controlled for.
- Is Part Of:
- Personality and individual differences. Volume 106(2017)
- Journal:
- Personality and individual differences
- Issue:
- Volume 106(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 106, Issue 2017 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 106
- Issue:
- 2017
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0106-2017-0000
- Page Start:
- 231
- Page End:
- 235
- Publication Date:
- 2017-02-01
- Subjects:
- Traditional bullying -- Cyberbullying -- Big Five -- Dark Triad -- Sadism
Personality -- Periodicals
Individuality -- Periodicals
Individuality -- Periodicals
Personality Development -- Periodicals
Personnalité -- Périodiques
Individualité -- Périodiques
155.205 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01918869 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.063 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0191-8869
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