- Title
- Talkin’ Bout my generation: The utility of different age cohorts to predict antisocial behaviour on social media
- Creator
- Branson, Molly; March, Evita; Marrington, Jessica
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/199272
- Identifier
- vital:19172
- Identifier
- https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-99049-7_3
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-3-030-99049-7
- Abstract
- Experiencing antisocial online behaviour such as cyberbullying and internet trollingcyberbullying and internet trolling is associated with a range of negative psychological and physical outcomes. To understand why people are motivated to engage in antisocial online behaviour, researchers have explored a variety of individual differences including traitstraits, motivations, and cognitions. In the current study, we adopted developmental frameworks to explore antisocial use of social media across different age cohorts. Participants (N = 665, 51% female) with an average age of 28 years (SD = 8.86) completed an online questionnaire assessing antisocial use of social media. Adopting previous guidelines, participants were categorised as emerging adults (aged 18–25 years; 50%), adults (aged 26–44 years; 42%), and middle age (aged 45–59 years; 8%). A one-way ANOVA showed a statistically significant effect of age cohort on antisocial use; however, contrary to expectations, adults reported higher antisocial use of social media compared to emerging adults and middle-aged adults. There was no statistically significant difference between emerging adults and middle-aged adults. Results are discussed through the lens of Erikson’s psychosocial theoryErikson’s psychosocial model and Social Convoy ModelSocial Convoy Model and recommendations are provided to manage and prevent perpetration of antisocial online behaviour.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Relation
- Social media and technology across the lifespan p. 27-42
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright Springer
- Subject
- Development; Adolescent; Adult; Online; Antisocial; Motives
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