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LOPES, Bruna de Jesus et al. Compulsive internet use and the Dark Triad of personality: a correlational study. Bol. - Acad. Paul. Psicol. [online]. 2024, vol.44, n.107, pp.217-225.  Epub 02-Dez-2024. ISSN 1415-711X.  https://doi.org/10.5935/2176-3038.20240014.

The aim was to understand the relationship between dark personality traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) and compulsive internet use in a sample of Brazilian university students, as well as to ascertain whether these traits constitute potential explanations of compulsive internet use behavior. We relied on a sample of 202 university students from public and private institutions in a city in the interior of Piauí (M = 20.0 years; SD = 4.90), who answered sociodemographic questions, the Compulsive Internet Use Scale, and the Dark Triad Personality Scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, where we conducted descriptive statistics, Pearson's r correlation analyses, and simple linear regression analyses. The results indicated that compulsive internet use was positively related to and significantly predicted by Machiavellianism (r = 0.26; β = 0.26; p < 0.001) and narcissism (r = 0.35; β = 0.35; p < 0.001). This suggests that individuals with higher levels of Machiavellian and narcissistic traits are more likely to exhibit compulsive internet-related behaviors. However, psychopathy did not show a statistically significant relationship with this compulsive behavior (p > 0.05). The findings are discussed in the context of the theoretical framework of dark personality traits.

Palavras-chave : compulsive use; internet; personality; dark triad.

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