英文摘要 |
In this study we constructed a comprehensive model integrating diverse factors by synthesizing different perspectives. We then proceeded to examine and integrate the following important aspects :(1) the internet psychological characteristics (dissociative anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, solipsistic introjection, dissociative imagination and minimization of authority); (2) the social identity model of deindividuation effects (SIDE) in which group norm; and (3) the containment theory in which punishment and moral issues in this research model, whereas containment as well as SIDE are treated as moderating roles of toxic disinhibition. Survey and expert interview methodologies were applied to test the research model, and four hypotheses were developed in this study. Five hundred questionnaires were collected from university students, among which 488 responses were valid while 12 were not. The result of this study supported all four hypotheses proposed by this study. Internet psychological characteristics positively influenced the behaviors of toxic disinhibition. Punishment, moral intensity negatively moderated the relation between Internet psychological characteristics and the toxic disinhibition behaviors online while social norms had positively moderating effect on the relation between Internet psychological characteristics and the toxic disinhibition behaviors online. Internet users hide their real identities when they behave inappropriately on internet, but once they acknowledge that the disinhibition behaviors will be punished certainly or severely, resulting in expulsion by the group they belong to, the disinhibition behaviors will be weakened. Thus, we proposed that to prevent the toxic disinhibition behaviors occurring on the Internet especially for the university students, it is important to advocate relative laws, norms and ethics of Internet behaviors on campus. |