@article{ref1,
title="To troll or not to troll: Young adults' anti-social behaviour on social media",
journal="PLoS one",
year="2023",
author="Soares, Felipe Bonow and Gruzd, Anatoliy and Jacobson, Jenna and Hodson, Jaigris",
volume="18",
number="5",
pages="e0284374-e0284374",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Online anti-social behaviour is on the rise, reducing the perceived benefits of social media in society and causing a number of negative outcomes. This research focuses on the factors associated with young adults being perpetrators of anti-social behaviour when using social media. <br><br>METHOD: Based on an online survey of university students in Canada (n = 359), we used PLS-SEM to create a model and test the associations between four factors (online disinhibition, motivations for cyber-aggression, self-esteem, and empathy) and the likelihood of being a perpetrator of online anti-social behaviour. <br><br>RESULTS: The model shows positive associations between two appetitive motives for cyber-aggression (namely recreation and reward) and being a perpetrator. This finding indicates that young adults engage in online anti-social behaviour for fun and social approval. The model also shows a negative association between cognitive empathy and being a perpetrator, which indicates that perpetrators may be engaging in online anti-social behaviour because they do not understand how their targets feel.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-6203",
doi="10.1371/journal.pone.0284374",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284374"
}