Latent Profile Analysis of Traditional and Cyber-Aggression and Victimization: Associations with Dark Triad Traits and P
- PDF / 572,332 Bytes
- 14 Pages / 595.276 x 790.866 pts Page_size
- 103 Downloads / 180 Views
Latent Profile Analysis of Traditional and Cyber-Aggression and Victimization: Associations with Dark Triad Traits and Psychopathology Symptoms Nicole L. Hayes 1 & Monica A. Marsee 1
&
Daniel W. Russell 1
# Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Research has shown that while traditional (e.g., physical and relational) and cyber aggression and victimization often co-occur, individuals may differ in terms of their experiences with aggression and victimization as well as social-psychological adjustment. The current study investigated whether there are distinct groups of college students who experience different forms of aggression and victimization using latent profile analysis (LPA), and whether these groups differ from one another in their maladaptive personality characteristics and psychopathology symptoms. Participants were 540 undergraduate students from a Midwestern university (53% female; 78.5% White; average age = 19.27 years). Four profiles were identified: Non-Involved (80.7%), Traditional Victim-Only (10.3%), Traditional Aggressor/Victim (4.8%), and Combined Aggressor/Victim (traditional aggression, cyber aggression and victimization; 4.1%). Maladaptive personality traits and psychopathology symptoms differed across the four groups. Both the traditional aggressor/victim group and the combined aggressor/victim group, compared to the noninvolved and traditional victim-only group, reported higher levels of narcissism, psychopathy, and callous-unemotional (CU) traits. The traditional aggressor/victim group, compared to the combined aggressor/victim group, reported higher levels of narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and CU traits. The combined aggressor/victim group reported higher levels of psychopathology symptoms (i.e., emotion dysregulation, depression, anxiety, and stress) compared to the traditional aggressor/victim group. These findings enhance our understanding of the heterogeneity in experiences with aggression and victimization among college students, and highlight the importance of developing interventions that target their specific mental health needs. Keywords Aggression . Victimization . Cyber-aggression . Dark triad . CU traits
Peer aggression and victimization are associated with a number of social-psychological problems in youth and emerging adults (see Card et al. 2008; Kokkinos et al. 2014; Reijntjes et al. 2010; Sontag et al. 2011). Aggression is considered an intentionally harmful act that can take different forms (i.e., physical or relational) and serve different functions (i.e., reactive/impulsive or proactive/instrumental) (Marsee et al. 2011). Harmful acts are increasingly committed using electronic communication such as the internet or text messaging (Grigg 2010), and researchers are now examining correlates and outcomes associated with “cyber-aggression” and “cyber-
* Monica A. Marsee [email protected] 1
Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, W112 Lagomarcino Hall, 901 Stange Rd, Ames, IA 50011, USA
bullying” in order to
Data Loading...
