Callous-Unemotional Traits and Cyber Deviance: An Assessment Using Data From College Students in India.
With growing attention toward cybercrime, researchers have increasingly assessed how individual differences such as personality may impact antisocial behaviors online. In general, research has highlighted that callousness and other traits indicative of reduced empathy increase the likelihood of enga...
| Publicado en: | Crime & Delinquency Vol. 72; no. 6/7; pp. 1982 - 2006 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=193016823&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 193016823 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00111287 CRD jtl: Crime & Delinquency issn: 00111287 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jun2026 vid: 72 iid: 6/7 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. artinfo: ui: 193016823 10.1177/00111287241305040 ppf: 1982 ppct: 24 formats: tig: atl: Callous-Unemotional Traits and Cyber Deviance: An Assessment Using Data From College Students in India. aug: au: Joo, Sung Hwan Nedelec, Joseph L. affil: University of Cincinnati, OH, USA su: India Personality Computer crimes Antisocial personality disorders College students Delinquent behavior Computer hacking sug: subj: Personality Computer crimes Antisocial personality disorders College students Delinquent behavior India Computer hacking keyword: callous-unemotional traits cyber deviance cybercrime individual differences malicious hacking personality traits callous-unemotional traits cyber deviance cybercrime individual differences malicious hacking personality traits ab: With growing attention toward cybercrime, researchers have increasingly assessed how individual differences such as personality may impact antisocial behaviors online. In general, research has highlighted that callousness and other traits indicative of reduced empathy increase the likelihood of engaging in cyber deviance. However, much of the existing literature has primarily been based on Western samples. To further probe the influence of personality traits on cyber deviance beyond Western samples, the current study employed self-reported data from university students in India (n = 611). The study evaluated associations between callous-unemotional (C-U) traits and deviant behaviors in cyberspace (unauthorized access, password fraud, and malicious hacking). Overall, the results were mixed, but the findings illustrated that C-U traits appear to be associated with engaging in aspects of cyber deviance. Notably, however, callous-unemotional traits were not associated with malicious hacking in any of the models. The discussion focuses on how the current study adds to the relevant individual personality differences and cyber deviance literature. Suggestions for future research in this burgeoning area are also provided. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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