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.本研究探讨了黑暗三人格特质（Dark Triad，涵盖自恋（narcissism）、马基雅维利主义（Machiavellianism）、精神病态（psychopathy））与网络成瘾对波兰成年数字原生代网络行为的影响。本研究的核心研究问题为：二者的关联是否直接？抑或是不同人格特质会共享仅为特定特质所典型具备的网络行为？假设1：在黑暗三人格量表某一维度上得分较高的个体，不仅会表现出对应该维度的典型网络行为，同时也会展现出黑暗三人格其他构成维度的典型网络行为。假设2：网络成瘾会对黑暗三人格特质典型的网络行为产生影响。本研究招募随机选取的被试参与测评，测评内容包括：自恋人格测评（NPI-40量表）、马基雅维利主义测评（Mach IV量表）、精神病态测评（LSRP量表）、网络成瘾测评（IAT量表），以及针对选定网络行为的自我报告量表。研究结果显示，所分析的人格特质以复杂的方式影响网络活动，各心理特质的影响会扩散至其他特质典型的行为表现中。两项假设均得到验证，研究问题也得到了肯定性的解答。