Cyber Dating Abuse includes perpetration of aggressive and controlling behaviours against an intimate partner via technology. Despite the significant physical and psychological outcomes, there is a paucity in research exploring predictors of Cyber Dating Abuse. In the current study, we replicate and extend previous research by exploring the utility of jealousy, hostility, narcissism (grandiose and vulnerable), and psychopathy (primary and secondary) as predictors of Cyber Dating Abuse. Participants (N = 817; 78.2% women; Mage = 28.16, SD = 10.49) were recruited via social media and completed an online questionnaire which comprised measures of jealousy, hostility, narcissism, psychopathy, and perpetration of Cyber Dating Abuse behaviours. Results supported the hypotheses that jealousy, vulnerable narcissism, and secondary psychopathy would be significant, positive predictors of Cyber Dating Abuse perpetration. No other predictor reached significance, and gender (control variable) was also a non-significant predictor. Results are discussed through the lens of evolutionary theory and the General Aggression Model and indicate that the perpetration of Cyber Dating Abuse may be better attributed to reactive, emotional aggression, compared to proactive, instrumental aggression. These results have important clinical and practical implications and may inform management and prevention of online intimate partner abuse and violence.

网络约会虐待包括通过技术对亲密伴侣实施攻击性和控制性行为。尽管有重要的生理和心理结果，但在研究网络约会滥用的预测因素方面却很少。在当前的研究中，我们通过研究嫉妒，敌意，自恋（过分和脆弱）和精神病（主要和次要）作为预测网络约会滥用的效用，来重复和扩展以前的研究。参与者（N  = 817;女性78.2％; M年龄= 28.16，SD = 10.49）是通过社交媒体招募的，并完成了在线问卷，其中包括嫉妒，敌意，自恋，精神病和网络约会虐待行为的发生。结果支持以下假设：嫉妒，脆弱的自恋和继发性精神病将是网络约会滥用行为的重要积极预测因素。没有其他预测变量达到显着性，性别（控制变量）也不是重要预测因子。通过进化理论和一般侵略模型的角度对结果进行了讨论，结果表明，与主动的工具性侵略相比，网络约会虐待的发生可能更好地归因于反应性，情感性侵略。