Abstract This research has aimed to test whether “darker” humor-related dispositions can contribute to the prediction of online trolling over and above the influence of dark personality traits. A total of 201 participants (50.7% women) gave responses to dark personality, humor, and online trolling measures. Our results corroborated the one-factor structure of the Spanish version of the Global Assessment of Internet Trolling (S-GAIT) and replicated online trolling's robust associations with increased psychopathy, sadism, and Machiavellianism. Online trolling also correlated with an elevated use of aggressive and self-defeating humor styles, as well as with heightened expressions of the joy in laughing at others (i.e. katagelasticism) and the joy of being laughed at (i.e., gelotophilia). When applying hierarchical regressions to eliminate the redundancy among these traits, we found that katagelasticism incrementally explained variance ( Δ R2 = 10.2%) in online trolling even after accounting for gender and the Dark Tetrad (i.e., male gender and high psychopathy as main predictors: Δ R2 = 27.3%). A subsequent moderation analysis indicated that higher levels of psychopathy was related to a greater engagement in trolling behavior among those high in katagelasticism. This research provides empirical evidence that contributes to elucidate the “dark” humorous nature of this pervasive antisocial online behavior.

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巨魔只是想玩得开心吗？评估幽默相关特征在网络拖钓行为中的作用

摘要 本研究旨在测试与“黑暗”幽默相关的性格是否有助于在黑暗人格特征的影响下预测在线拖钓。共有 201 名参与者（50.7% 为女性）对黑暗个性、幽默和在线拖钓措施做出了回应。我们的结果证实了西班牙语版的全球互联网拖钓评估 (S-GAIT) 的单因素结构，并复制了在线拖钓与精神病、虐待狂和马基雅维利主义增加的强烈关联。在线喷子还与攻击性和自我挫败的幽默风格的使用增多有关，以及与嘲笑他人的快乐（即 katagelasticism）和被嘲笑的快乐（即，gelotophilia）有关。当应用分层回归来消除这些特征之间的冗余时，我们发现即使在考虑了性别和黑暗四分体（即男性和高精神病作为主要预测因素）之后，katagelasticism 也可以增量解释在线拖钓中的方差（Δ R2 = 10.2%）： ΔR2 = 27.3%)。随后的适度分析表明，较高水平的精神病与那些具有较高卡塔格拉斯主义的人更多地参与拖钓行为有关。这项研究提供了经验证据，有助于阐明这种普遍存在的反社会在线行为的“黑暗”幽默本质。男性和高度精神病作为主要预测因素：Δ R2 = 27.3%）。随后的适度分析表明，较高水平的精神病与那些具有较高卡塔格拉斯主义的人更多地参与拖钓行为有关。这项研究提供了经验证据，有助于阐明这种普遍的反社会在线行为的“黑暗”幽默本质。男性和高度精神病作为主要预测因素：Δ R2 = 27.3%）。随后的适度分析表明，较高水平的精神病与那些具有较高卡塔格拉斯主义的人更多地参与拖钓行为有关。这项研究提供了经验证据，有助于阐明这种普遍的反社会在线行为的“黑暗”幽默本质。