ABSTRACT

Young adults are highly involved on the Internet. However, an excessive involvement can lead to Internet addiction. The literature reveals that the presence of psychopathic traits is associated with a greater predisposition to develop an addiction. With technologies, a new form of dating abuse has emerged – cyber abuse. This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the associations between the variables under study and to test the mediating effect of Internet addiction between psychopathy and cyber dating abuse. The sample consisted of 249 university students (M = 21.38; SD = 4.52), in Portugal. The Self-Report Psychopathy Scale – III (SRP-III), the Internet Addiction Test (IAT), the Cyber Dating Abuse Questionnaire (CDAQ) and a sociodemographic questionnaire were used as instruments.

The main results suggest that Internet addiction partially mediated the relationship between psychopathy and victimization (β = .277; p = .007) and perpetration (β = .243; p = .015) of cyber dating abuse.

It is possible to emphasize the importance of the preponderance of psychopathy in the development of addiction and cyber abuse. The results also demonstrated that Internet addiction is influenced by psychopathic traits and that, consequently, it influences cyber dating abuse.

摘要

年轻人高度参与互联网。但是，过度参与会导致网络成瘾。文献表明，精神病态特征的存在与更大的成瘾倾向有关。随着技术的发展，出现了一种新的约会滥用形式——网络滥用。这项横断面研究旨在分析所研究变量之间的关联，并测试网络成瘾在精神病和网络约会滥用之间的中介作用。样本由葡萄牙的 249 名大学生组成（M = 21.38；SD  = 4.52）。自我报告精神病量表 - III（SRP-III），网络成瘾测试（IAT），网络约会滥用问卷（CDAQ）和社会人口统计学问卷被用作工具。

主要结果表明，网络成瘾部分地调节了精神病与网络约会虐待受害 ( β  = .277; p = .007) 和实施 ( β  = .243; p = .015) 之间的关系。

可以强调精神变态在成瘾和网络滥用发展中占优势的重要性。结果还表明，网络成瘾受到心理变态特征的影响，因此，它会影响网络约会滥用。