Hudon Alexandre, Harvey Emmy, Nicolas Sandrine, Dufour Mathieu, Guérin-Thériault Caroline, Bérubé-Fortin Julie, Combey Isabelle, Yue Yu Chen, Perreault Antoine, Borduas Pagé Stéphanie, MacDermott Véronique
Department of Psychiatry, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montreal, QC H1N 3M5, Canada.
Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montreal, QC H1N 3V2, Canada.
Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ. 2025 Jun 10;15(6):107. doi: 10.3390/ejihpe15060107.
The rapid expansion of digital communication platforms has created new spaces for antisocial, manipulative, and emotionally detached behaviors. While psychopathy has been extensively studied in clinical and forensic settings, its digital manifestation, referred to as cyberpsychopathy, remains conceptually underdefined. This integrative review aimed to synthesize empirical research exploring psychopathy and aversive personality traits in online contexts to identify key conceptual domains and propose a preliminary definition. A systematic search across five databases yielded 35 peer-reviewed studies meeting the inclusion criteria. Using a biopsychosocial framework and thematic synthesis, six interrelated domains were identified: online behaviors (e.g., trolling and deception), online environments (e.g., anonymity and reward mechanisms), sociodemographic factors (e.g., age and gender), personality traits (e.g., psychopathy and narcissism), psychological factors (e.g., emotion dysregulation and low self-esteem), and motivations (e.g., dominance and emotional compensation). These domains interact to shape how psychopathic tendencies manifest online. Most studies were of moderate-to-high methodological quality, though variability limited direct comparisons. We propose cyberpsychopathy as a multidimensional construct representing the expression of aversive traits facilitated by digital affordances and psychological vulnerabilities. This review provides a foundational framework for understanding cyberpsychopathy and underscores the need for empirical validation and the development of assessment tools suited to digital behavior in both clinical and forensic settings.
数字通信平台的迅速扩张为反社会、操纵性和情感冷漠行为创造了新空间。虽然精神病态在临床和法医环境中已得到广泛研究,但其数字表现形式,即网络精神病态,在概念上仍未明确界定。本综合综述旨在综合实证研究,探索网络环境中的精神病态和厌恶型人格特质,以确定关键概念领域并提出初步定义。对五个数据库进行的系统检索产生了35项符合纳入标准的同行评审研究。采用生物心理社会框架和主题综合法,确定了六个相互关联的领域:在线行为(如网络挑衅和欺骗)、在线环境(如匿名性和奖励机制)、社会人口学因素(如年龄和性别)、人格特质(如精神病态和自恋)、心理因素(如情绪失调和自卑)以及动机(如支配欲和情感补偿)。这些领域相互作用,塑造了精神病态倾向在网络上的表现方式。尽管研究的变异性限制了直接比较,但大多数研究具有中等到高质量的方法学水平。我们提出将网络精神病态作为一种多维结构,代表由数字条件和心理脆弱性促成的厌恶型特质的表现。本综述为理解网络精神病态提供了一个基础框架,并强调了实证验证以及开发适用于临床和法医环境中数字行为的评估工具的必要性。
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