Self-control in Online Discussions: Disinhibited Online Behavior as a Failure to Recognize Social Cues

In an online experiment we examined the role of self-control in recognizing social cues in the context of disinhibited online behavior (e.g., flaming and trolling). We temporarily lowered participants' self-control capacity with an ego depletion paradigm (i.e., color Stroop task). Next, we meas...

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Main Authors: Birgit J. Voggeser, Ranjit K. Singh, Anja S. Göritz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02372/full