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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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Birgit J. Voggeser, Ranjit K. Singh, Anja S. Göritz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Subjects:	online disinhibition self-control ego-depletion social cues flaming trolling
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02372/full