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March 28, 2026Psychological ReportsOpen Access

Personality, Jealousy, and Empathy as Predictors of Cyber Dating Abuse Perpetration and Victimization in Young Adults

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HMHarpreet Kaur MattuUniversity of WolverhamptonMBManpal Singh BhogalUniversity of WolverhamptonAGAlexa GuyUniversity of Exeter

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Implication

Examines predictors of cyber dating abuse in young adults, highlighting the role of personality and jealousy.

Key Points

  • This study aims to understand how personality traits, jealousy, and empathy predict cyber dating abuse perpetration and victimization in young adults.
  • Analyzed associations between personality traits, jealousy, empathy, and gender in 503 young adults aged 18 to 25 in the UK.
  • Conducted hierarchical regression analyses to account for overlaps in cyber dating abuse forms.
  • Examined relationships between psychological and relational cyber dating abuse perpetration and victimization.
  • Psychological and relational perpetration and victimization were found to be strongly interrelated.
  • Behavioral jealousy and lower agreeableness were consistently linked to higher rates of perpetration.
  • Dispositional variables had a small but significant effect on variance in perpetration, but not on victimization.

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Mattu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c771838bbfbc51511e1697https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941261436663
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