Correlation between university students’ online trolling behavior and online trolling victimization forms, current conditions, and personality traits

Few studies have specifically examined online trolling behavior and the forms and current conditions of online trolling victimization that may develop among university students, as well as the correlation of these to personality traits. The valid sample included 285 university students, with 80.6% and 19.3% being male and female, respectively. The research results are: 1. Online trolling behavior is more common in those who more frequently post text information on Facebook than those who do not; 203 (71.2%) and 211 (74.0%) experienced at least 1 instance of online trolling behavior or being an online trolling victim, respectively, in the previous week; 2. University students' online trolling behavior types are ranked by quantity as evocative trolling, malicious trolling, obstruction trolling, and pathological trolling; 3. University students' online trolling victimization types are ranked by quantity as identity victimization, dissemination victimization, malicious victimization, and obstruction victimization; 4. Sense of inferiority is a significant predictive variable for online trolling behavior and online trolling victimization. At the same time, social extraversion and depression significantly and positively predict online trolling behavior. Based on the foregoing results, the study proposed discussion and recommendations for university students and future research.