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From Trolling Victimization to Reactive Trolling: Moderated Mediation Effects of Online Disinhibition and Motivations

Yuanyi Mao, Bo Hu

Social Science Computer Review · 2024

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Online trolling behavior is becoming prevalent and has received increasing attention. Although few qualitative studies demonstrated that victims of online trolling are more likely to troll others, quantitative evidence examining such a phenomenon is lacking. Drawing on the general aggression model, this study aimed to investigate how trolling victimization affects reactive trolling behaviors and the roles of two motivations (i.e., revenge and social recognition) and online disinhibition during the process. Results from an online survey in China ( N = 626) showed that online trolling victimization was positively associated with online reactive trolling and this relationship was mediated by revenge and social recognition motivations. Additionally, the indirect effect of trolling victimizatio

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1177/08944393241250013
Catalogue ID
SNmojj1ju5-v2yg7w
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