TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wright, Michelle F.
A1  - Harper, Bridgette D.
A1  - Wachs, Sebastian
T1  - The associations between cyberbullying and callous-unemotional traits among adolescents
BT  - the moderating effect of online disinhibition
JF  - Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences
N2  - The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential moderating role of online disinhibition in the associations between adolescents' callous-unemotional traits (callousness, uncaring, unemotional) and anonymous and non-anonymous cyberbullying. To this end, 1047 (49.2% female) 7th and 8th graders completed questionnaires on their face-to-face bullying, cyberbullying, callous-unemotional traits, and online disinhibition. The findings revealed that increases in uncaring were more associated with self-reported non-anonymous and anonymous cyberbullying at higher levels of online disinhibition. The findings are discussed in the context of the characteristics associated with callous-unemotional traits, and how these characteristics increase adolescents' risk of cyberbullying perpetration. Recommendations are made for tailoring intervention programs to consider adolescents' personality traits.
KW  - Cyberbullying
KW  - Callous-unemotional traits
KW  - Callousness
KW  - Uncaring
KW  - Unemotional
KW  - Online disinhibition
KW  - Anonymity
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.04.001
SN  - 0191-8869
VL  - 140
SP  - 41
EP  - 45
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -