Concomitance of pathological behaviours on the Internet and tendencies towards personality disorders among digital natives

This study explore the influence of Dark Triad traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy) and internet addiction on online behaviours of adult digital natives from Poland. The research question was: is it relation straightforward or do different personality traits share online behaviours most typical for specific traits? Hypothesis 1: People scoring high on one feature of the Dark Triad scale present online behaviours typical for that trait but also for other components of the Dark Triad. Hypothesis 2: Internet addiction influences online behaviours typical of Dark Triad traits. Randomly selected participants completed research that included assessing: narcissism (NPI-40 test), Machiavellianism (Mach IV), psychopathy (LSRP), Internet addiction (IAT) and self-report measures concerning selected online behaviours. The results present that the analysed personality traits influence online activities in a complex manner, with diffusion of each psychological trait on behaviours typical for other traits. Both hypotheses were proved and research question answered in the affirmative.本研究旨在探究黑暗三人格特质（Dark Triad traits，涵盖自恋、马基雅维利主义与精神病态）以及网络成瘾对波兰成年数字原住民在线行为的影响。本研究的核心研究问题为：人格特质与在线行为的关联是否直接？抑或是不同人格特质会展现出仅匹配特定特质的典型在线行为？ 假设1：在黑暗三人格量表的某一维度上得分较高的个体，不仅会表现出与该维度对应的典型在线行为，同时也会呈现出黑暗三人格其他构成维度相关的典型在线行为。 假设2：网络成瘾会对与黑暗三人格特质相关的典型在线行为产生影响。 本研究招募随机选取的参与者完成调研，调研内容涵盖以下评估工具：自恋人格量表（NPI-40）、马基雅维利主义量表（Mach IV）、精神病态量表（LSRP）、网络成瘾量表（IAT），以及针对选定在线行为的自我报告问卷。 研究结果表明，所分析的人格特质会以复杂的方式影响在线活动，且每种心理特质都会对其他特质相关的典型在线行为产生扩散性影响。两项假设均得到验证，本研究的核心问题也得到了肯定性解答。