Trolling en redes sociales. Bienestar psicológico y personalidad normal, patológica y positiva

Alejandro Castro Solano; María Laura Lupano Perugini

doi:10.22235/cp.v19i2.4543

Autores/as

Alejandro Castro Solano Conicet; Universidad de Buenos Aires https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4639-3706
María Laura Lupano Perugini Conicet; Universidad de Buenos Aires https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6090-0762

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v19i2.4543

Palabras clave:

trolling, rasgos positivos, rasgos patológicos, bienestar psicológico

Resumen

Objetivo. Este estudio examinó la relación entre la recepción de comentarios negativos en redes sociales, el bienestar psicológico y los rasgos de personalidad normales, patológicos y positivos. Método. Participaron 799 usuarios de redes sociales residentes en Argentina (338 varones, 461 mujeres; M = 39.7 años, DE = 13.84). Se emplearon los instrumentos: Big Five Inventory, Mental Health Continuum-Short Form, Inventario de los Cinco Continuos de la Personalidad - versión breve y una encuesta ad hoc sobre recepción de comentarios negativos en redes sociales. El diseño fue transversal, no experimental y correlacional. Resultados. La frecuencia de comentarios negativos fue inferior al 10 % en todas las redes sociales analizadas. El grado de malestar autopercibido se asoció significativamente con el uso activo de redes sociales (r = .24, p < .001) y con niveles más bajos de bienestar psicológico (r = -.30, p < .001). Los rasgos de personalidad normal explicaron el 9 % de la varianza del grado de malestar y, al incorporar los rasgos patológicos y positivos, adicionaron en total 10 %. Conclusiones. El malestar debido a la recepción de comentarios negativos en redes sociales está asociado con un menor bienestar y con un perfil de personalidad vinculado con el neuroticismo y el afecto negativo. La inclusión de rasgos patológicos y positivos mejora la explicación del malestar más allá de los rasgos normales.

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