March Evita, Wagstaff Danielle L
School of Health Sciences and Psychology, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, VIC, Australia.
Front Psychol. 2017 Dec 18;8:2210. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02210. eCollection 2017.
Modern dating platforms have given rise to new dating and sexual behaviors. In the current study, we examine predictors of sending unsolicited explicit images, a particularly underexplored online sexual behavior. The aim of the current study was to explore the utility of dark personality traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism) and self-rated mate value in predicting attitudes toward and behavior of sending unsolicited explicit images. Two hundred and forty participants (72% female; age = 25.96, = 9.79) completed an online questionnaire which included a measure of self-rated mate value, a measure of dark personality traits, and questions regarding sending unsolicited explicit images (operationalized as the explicit image scale). Men, compared to women, were found to have higher explicit image scale scores, and both self-rated mate value and trait Machiavellianism were positive predictors of explicit image scale scores. Interestingly, there were no significant interactions between sex and these variables. Further, Machiavellianism mediated all relationships between other dark traits and explicit image scale scores, indicating this behavior is best explained by the personality trait associated with behavioral strategies. In sum, these results provide support for the premise that sending unsolicited explicit images may be a tactic of a short-term mating strategy; however, future research should further explore this claim.
现代约会平台催生了新的约会和性行为。在当前的研究中，我们考察了主动发送露骨图片这一特别缺乏研究的在线性行为的预测因素。本研究的目的是探讨黑暗人格特质（即自恋、马基雅维利主义、精神病态和施虐倾向）以及自我评定的配偶价值在预测对主动发送露骨图片的态度和行为方面的效用。240名参与者（72%为女性；年龄 = 25.96，标准差 = 9.79）完成了一份在线问卷，其中包括自我评定的配偶价值量表、黑暗人格特质量表，以及关于主动发送露骨图片的问题（以露骨图片量表进行量化）。结果发现，男性的露骨图片量表得分高于女性，且自我评定的配偶价值和马基雅维利主义特质均为露骨图片量表得分的正向预测因素。有趣的是，性别与这些变量之间不存在显著交互作用。此外，马基雅维利主义在其他黑暗特质与露骨图片量表得分之间的所有关系中起中介作用，这表明这种行为最好由与行为策略相关的人格特质来解释。总之，这些结果支持了以下前提，即主动发送露骨图片可能是短期交配策略的一种手段；然而，未来的研究应进一步探究这一观点。
