Trolling on Tinder® (and other dating apps): Examining the role of the Dark Tetrad and impulsivity

Dispositional malevolence and impression formation: Dark Tetrad associations with accuracy and positivity in first impressions

“…Broadly defined, individual differences in everyday sadism (Buckels, Jones, & Paulhus, 2013;Paulhus & Dutton, 2016) reflect tendencies to experience pleasure from the suffering of others that can be perpetrated directly (direct sadism) or observed from an outsider's perspective (vicarious sadism; Paulhus & Jones, 2015) and may involve physical, psychological, emotional, or even fantasized forms of harm. There are moderately sized positive associations between self-report measures of sadism and the Dark Triad (Book et al, 2016;Buckels, Trapnell, & Paulhus, 2014;Chabrol, Leeuwen, Rodgers, & S ejourn e, 2009;March, Grieve, Marrington, & Jonason, 2017) that are similar in magnitude to the intercorrelations among those three traits (Paulhus & Williams, 2002). Importantly, everyday sadism predicts antisocial behavior independently of its overlap with the Dark Triad (Buckels et al, , 2014Greitemeyer & Sagioglou, 2017;March et al, 2017).…”

“…There are moderately sized positive associations between self-report measures of sadism and the Dark Triad (Book et al, 2016;Buckels, Trapnell, & Paulhus, 2014;Chabrol, Leeuwen, Rodgers, & S ejourn e, 2009;March, Grieve, Marrington, & Jonason, 2017) that are similar in magnitude to the intercorrelations among those three traits (Paulhus & Williams, 2002). Importantly, everyday sadism predicts antisocial behavior independently of its overlap with the Dark Triad (Buckels et al, , 2014Greitemeyer & Sagioglou, 2017;March et al, 2017). In this article, we include and examine a measure of everyday sadism as well as examine its incremental validity the extent to which it predicts unique variance in interpersonal perception, above and beyond the established Dark Triad.…”

Internet trolling and everyday sadism: Parallel effects on pain perception and moral judgment

“…Clearly, there are individual differences at work. Indeed, recent empirical research (Buckels, Trapnell, & Paulhus, ; Craker & March, ; March, Grieve, Marrington, & Jonason, ; Sest & March, ) revealed links between trolling and sadistic personality traits (Buckels, Jones, & Paulhus, ) and sensitivity to antisocial rewards (Foulkes, Viding, McCrory, & Neumann, ).…”

A primer on the Dark Triad traits

“…Ego threat is the main incitement for aggression from narcissists (Jones & Paulhus, 2010). All three dimensions of the Dark Triad have also been associated with student reports of cyberbullying, with psychopathy being the primary predictor (Goodboy & Martin, 2015;March et al, 2017;Pabian, De Backer, & Vandebosch, 2015). All three dimensions of the Dark Triad have also been associated with student reports of cyberbullying, with psychopathy being the primary predictor (Goodboy & Martin, 2015;March et al, 2017;Pabian, De Backer, & Vandebosch, 2015).…”

“…Furthermore, bullying is closely linked to the Dark Triad traits, with psychopathy most linked to bullying followed by Machiavellianism and then narcissism (Baughman, Dearing, Giammarco, & Vernon, 2012). All three dimensions of the Dark Triad have also been associated with student reports of cyberbullying, with psychopathy being the primary predictor (Goodboy & Martin, 2015;March et al, 2017;Pabian, De Backer, & Vandebosch, 2015).…”