Table 1.

Motivation Themes for Electronic Aggression: κs, Descriptions, and Example Responses.

Theme (κ)	Description	Examples
Retaliation (κ = .75)	Revenge or reacting in response to a perceived aggressive act	• Mostly to get back at them • Because I do not feel that those people treat me the way I should be treated and to let those people understand how it feels
Jealousy/insecurity (κ = .87)	Engaging in behaviors due to jealousy, suspicion, mistrust, or insecurity about self or a relationship	• Being insecure or jealous about a situation • I only do somewhat hurtful things in an attempt to make myself feel better and it never even works
Humor (κ = .92)	Actions are thought to be fun, entertaining, or merely jokes between friends	• I thought the embarrassing photo was funny, and hopefully they would feel the same way rather than insulted or embarrassed • Mostly joking with friends
Negative emotion (κ = .69)	Behaviors are due to anger, frustration, hurt, or other negative emotions	• Deep hatred • My girlfriend frustrates me sometimes. Out of anger or frustration, I have said something mean to her through a text while in a heated argument that was unresolved in person
Nonmalicious (κ = .52)	Behaviors were not done with the intentions of hurting someone, but may have been interpreted more negatively	• I have sent e-mail messages that I did not try to make sound mean but he interprets them as me being too sharp. Same with text messages, but I do not mean to • I never maliciously spread stories, just people would tell me and I would repeat funny stories
Self-protection (κ = .75)	Desire to keep oneself safe and one’s information private	• I block other people for being creepy • I blocked someone on Facebook because I was feeling bullied by them

Note. κ = kappa.