Trolling experiences in an Australian sample of adolescents

This data was collected online from a sample of 157 Australian adolescents aged 13-18 years between June 2021 and August 2022. After providing written consent, participants responded to a series of demographic questions, questions related to social media/internet use, the Global Assessment of Internet Trolling-Revised, the Adolescent Measure of Empathy and Sympathy, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Youth Psychopathy Traits Inventory-Short Version, the Social Rewards Questionnaire, the Short Sadistic Impulse Scale, and a series of questions related to the experience of trolling. Ethical approval for this study was granted by the University of Southern Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee (Approval No. H17REA260). Detailed information regarding the methodology utilised for data collection can be found in Marrington, J. Z., March, E., Murray, S., Jeffries, C., Machin, T., &amp; March, S. (in press). An exploration of trolling behaviours in Australian adolescents: an online survey. <em>Plos one.</em>