Empathy, self-control, and online harassment: A partial test of Agnew's social concern theory

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Highlights：

• We conducted a partial test of Agnew's (2014) social concern theory in explaining online harassment perpetration.

• Empathy was significantly and negatively associated with online harassment perpetration.

• Self-control served as a mediator in the relationship between empathy and online harassment perpetration.

• Empathy did not condition the relationships between low self-control and online harassment perpetration.

摘要

•We conducted a partial test of Agnew's (2014) social concern theory in explaining online harassment perpetration.•Empathy was significantly and negatively associated with online harassment perpetration.•Self-control served as a mediator in the relationship between empathy and online harassment perpetration.•Empathy did not condition the relationships between low self-control and online harassment perpetration.

论文关键词：Social concern theory,Empathy,Self-control,Online harassment

论文评审过程：Received 24 January 2021, Revised 1 July 2022, Accepted 12 July 2022, Available online 15 July 2022, Version of Record 18 July 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107402