Basharpoor Sajjad, Noori Samaneh, Daneshvar Somayeh, Jobson Laura
Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2025 Mar;28(3):187-195. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2024.0302. Epub 2024 Dec 24.
Nowadays, with the widespread use of the Internet, cyberbullying has become a pervasive threat to people. This study aimed to create a structural model of cyberbullying based on dark personality traits, with empathy as a mediating factor among students. A total of 360 students of the Mohaghegh Ardabili University were included using the multistage random sampling method. Data were collected using the Cyber-Bullying/Victimization Experiences Questionnaire, Dark Triad Personality Scale, and Questionnaire Measure of Emotional Empathy. Collected data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation test and structural equation modeling in SPSS and AMOS 24. The direct route of Machiavellianism and psychopathy was positively significant for cyberbullying and negatively significant for empathy. Empathy also has a direct negative effect on cyberbullying. Furthermore, there was an indirect effect of Machiavellianism and psychopathy on cyberbullying through empathy. Dark personality traits including Machiavellianism and psychopathy are significant risk factors for cyberbullying, with these traits indirectly contributing to cyberbullying through empathy deficits.
如今，随着互联网的广泛使用，网络欺凌已成为对人们普遍存在的威胁。本研究旨在构建一个基于黑暗人格特质的网络欺凌结构模型，以同理心作为学生中的中介因素。采用多阶段随机抽样方法，共纳入了莫哈格赫·阿尔达比勒大学的360名学生。使用网络欺凌/受害经历问卷、黑暗三人格量表和情感同理心问卷进行数据收集。在SPSS和AMOS 24中使用Pearson相关检验和结构方程模型对收集到的数据进行分析。马基雅维利主义和精神病态的直接路径对网络欺凌具有正向显著影响，对同理心具有负向显著影响。同理心对网络欺凌也有直接的负向影响。此外，马基雅维利主义和精神病态通过同理心对网络欺凌有间接影响。包括马基雅维利主义和精神病态在内的黑暗人格特质是网络欺凌的重要风险因素，这些特质通过同理心缺陷间接导致网络欺凌。
