Online Trolling: The Impact of Antisocial Online Content, Social Media Use, and Gender.

The present study aimed to observe the relationships between online trolling, exposure to antisocial online content, frequency of social media use, and gender, using the GAM as a theoretical framework. Four hundred twenty-nine Brazilian internet users (mean = 25.07 years; SD = 7.59; EP = 0.36), most of whom were women (71.8%), participated in the survey. Bivariate correlations indicated a positive relationship between online trolling, exposure to antisocial online content (r = 0.12; p < 0.01), Facebook use (r = 0.21; p < 0.01), Twitter Use (r = 0.12; p < 0.01), and gender (r = 0.15; p < 0.01). An explanatory model including these variables was tested, and obtained a significant model fit (GFI = 0.99; Comparative Fit-Index = 0.99; Tucker Lewis Index = 0.97; Root Mean Square Residual = 0.02; RMSEA = 0.02 | CI = 0 .01-0.07 |). Were also observed indirect effects for exposure to antisocial online content through Twitter use and Facebook use on trolling (λ = 0.03; CI = 0.01-0.05; p < 0.05). It is possible to conclude that the research objectives were fulfilled, emphasizing the role of situational variables in the understanding of online trolling.

Development and Validation of the Secondary Victimization Scale.

Sexual violence is ubiquitous in the history of human relationships, with the victim being perceived as responsible for their own misfortune. This phenomenon is labelled secondary victimization and is manifested in blaming, minimizing the suffering, and avoiding the victim. This article presents evidence of the validity of a scale that measures individual differences in these three types of secondary victimization of rape victims. In Study 1, we developed the scale items and analyzed their content validity. In Study 2, we carried out an exploratory analysis of its factorial structure and verified the set-up of the items in three theoretically predicted factors (blaming, minimizing the suffering, and avoiding the victim), which had convergent validity with the Rape Myth Acceptance Scale, and discriminant validity with the Big Five Personality Traits, in addition to having concurrent validity with the Belief in a Just World Scale (BJWS). In Study 3, we confirmed this tri-factor structure using confirmatory analysis. In Study 4, we analyzed the predictive validity of the Secondary Victimization Scale (SVS), proposing the hypothesis that secondary victimization mediates the effect of BJWS on the participants' behavior towards a rape victim. The summary of the results shows consistent evidence of the SVS's validity.

Psicologia da era virtual: atitudes de estudantes adolescentes frente ao Orkut / Psychology of virtual age: adolescent students' attitudes toward Orkut

O presente estudo consistiu em conhecer quais as principais vantagens e desvantagens da participação dos jovens no site de relacionamento social Orkut, propor uma escala para medir atitudes frente ao Orkut e conhecer a relação destas atitudes com variáveis sócio-demográficas. Isso pode interessar à psicologia social, da mídia ou psicologia da internet. Para a realização deste propósito levou-se a cabo uma pesquisa com 444 estudantes (m = 17 anos, dp = 2,52), da cidade de Aracaju (SE). Foi utilizado um procedimento-padrão para coleta de dados através de um questionário composto por questões sobre vantagens e desvantagens do Orkut, atitudes gerais frente ao Orkut e questões sócio-demográficas. Os resultados principais mostram que a principal vantagem da participação do Orkut é "fazer amigos" e a principal desvantagem reportada foi a "falta de privacidade". A análise psicométrica demonstrou que as atitudes frente ao site podem ser aferidas de modo válido, preciso e breve, independente de sexo, série e classe socioeconômica(AU)

Psicologia da era virtual: atitudes de estudantes adolescentes frente ao Orkut / Psychology of virtual age: adolescent students' attitudes toward Orkut

O presente estudo consistiu em conhecer quais as principais vantagens e desvantagens da participação dos jovens no site de relacionamento social Orkut, propor uma escala para medir atitudes frente ao Orkut e conhecer a relação destas atitudes com variáveis sócio-demográficas. Isso pode interessar à psicologia social, da mídia ou psicologia da internet. Para a realização deste propósito levou-se a cabo uma pesquisa com 444 estudantes (m = 17 anos, dp = 2,52), da cidade de Aracaju (SE). Foi utilizado um procedimento-padrão para coleta de dados através de um questionário composto por questões sobre vantagens e desvantagens do Orkut, atitudes gerais frente ao Orkut e questões sócio-demográficas. Os resultados principais mostram que a principal vantagem da participação do Orkut é "fazer amigos" e a principal desvantagem reportada foi a "falta de privacidade". A análise psicométrica demonstrou que as atitudes frente ao site podem ser aferidas de modo válido, preciso e breve, independente de sexo, série e classe socioeconômica

The purpose of the present study consisted on knowing the main advantages anddisadvantages of the participation of youngsters on the Orkut social network website andthen to propose a scale to measure the attitudes towards this site, as well as to understandthe relations of these attitudes to social demographics variables. These findings will be ofinterest to social psychologists, media psychologists or internet psychologists. To attainthese objectives, a research with 444 (m = 17 years old, dp = 2,52) high school studentsfrom the city of Aracaju was conducted. A standard procedure to obtain the data was utilized,with a questionnaire composed of questions concerning the advantages and disadvantagesof the Orkut, general attitudes towards the site and social demographics questions. Theresults show that the main advantage of orkut affiliation is "friendship" and the maindisadvantage reported was "lack of privacy". The psychometric analysis indicated that theattitudes towards the site could be measured in a valid, precise and brief way, independentlyof gender, grade level and socio economic status