Lonely, Impulsive, and Seeking Attention: Predictors of Narcissistic Adolescents' Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviors on Social Media

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Ying; Hawk, Skyler T.; Wong, Natalie; Zhang, Yan
Titel	Lonely, Impulsive, and Seeking Attention: Predictors of Narcissistic Adolescents' Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviors on Social Media
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 47 (2023) 6, S.540-547 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wang, Ying)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/01650254231198034
Schlagwörter	Antisocial Behavior; Prosocial Behavior; Social Media; Bullying; Aggression; Personality Traits; Predictor Variables; Early Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Behavior Problems; Attention; Grade 7; Grade 8; Middle School Students; Student Attitudes; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Mobbing; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Prädiktor; Ausland; Aufmerksamkeit; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Narcissistic youth use social media to engage in a variety of self-promotional behaviors, which have either antisocial or prosocial characteristics. Differing views exist to explain the processes underlying narcissistic self-promotion, either characterizing these actions as intentional, or as impulsive. This study compared intentional attention-seeking and impulsivity as potential mediators of relations between narcissism and both aggressive (i.e., cyberbullying) and prosocial online behavior, and examined whether youth's loneliness might strengthen these associations. Among Chinese early adolescents (N = 213, M[subscript age] = 13.26), narcissism positively predicted youth-reported cyberbullying offending and online prosocial behavior. Loneliness moderated the link between narcissism and attention-seeking, but not impulsivity. Among adolescents higher in loneliness, narcissism indirectly predicted cyberbullying and online prosocial behaviors via attention-seeking. These results highlight narcissism, loneliness, and their interplay as potential predictors of youth's social media behaviors. Links with attention-seeking, in particular, suggest that educators and practitioners might target youth's conscious expectations for social rewards when counseling narcissistic adolescents about self-promotional social media use. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01