There is a growing research interest in cyber dating abuse (CDA). CDA includes abusive online behavior toward a current or former intimate partner, such as aggression, control, harassment, and humiliation. Despite the potential overlap and reciprocal relationship of CDA and intimate partner violence, there remains considerable paucity in research exploring predictors of this abusive online behavior. In the current study, we adopt the General Aggression Model framework and explore the role of gender, hegemonic masculinity, vulnerable narcissism, and sexual aggression myths to predict perpetration of CDA. Participants (N = 415, 51 percent women; Mage = 32.68 years) were recruited via social media advertisements and completed an anonymous, confidential online questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised the Conformity to Masculine Roles Norms Inventory, the Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale, the Acceptance of Modern Myths About Sexual Aggression Scale, and a modified Cyber Aggression in Relationships Scale. A hierarchical regression analysis indicated that hegemonic masculinity, vulnerable narcissism, and sexual aggression myths were all significant positive predictors of perpetrating CDA. As gender was a significant predictor until the inclusion of these variables, a multiple mediation analysis was performed, indicating that both hegemonic masculinity and sexual aggression myths fully mediated the relationship between gender and perpetrating CDA. These results add to the growing body of research exploring how CDA emerges as a behavior and highlight possible implications for management and intervention.

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个人差异在网络约会滥用行为中的作用

人们对网络约会滥用 (CDA) 的研究兴趣日益浓厚。CDA 包括对现任或前任亲密伴侣的辱骂性在线行为，例如侵略、控制、骚扰和羞辱。尽管 CDA 和亲密伴侣暴力之间存在潜在的重叠和相互关系，但在探索这种滥用在线行为的预测因素的研究方面仍然相当缺乏。在当前的研究中，我们采用一般攻击模型框架并探索性别、霸权男性气质、脆弱的自恋和性攻击神话在预测 CDA 实施方面的作用。参与者（N  = 415，51% 是女性；M年龄 = 32.68 岁）是通过社交媒体广告招募的，并完成了匿名、保密的在线调查问卷。问卷包括符合男性角色规范量表、超敏自恋量表、对性攻击的现代神话的接受量表和修改后的网络攻击关系量表。分层回归分析表明，霸道的男子气概、脆弱的自恋和性攻击神话都是实施 CDA 的重要积极预测因素。由于在包含这些变量之前，性别是一个重要的预测因素，因此进行了多重中介分析，表明霸权男性气质和性侵犯神话完全调节了性别与实施 CDA 之间的关系。