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. 2022 Jul 19;17(7):e0268838. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268838

Table 4. Product-moment correlations between personality factors, aggressive behaviours, and moral disengagement.

	E	A	C	ES	O	MD
1. sending nasty or indecent messages	0.07	-0.15 ^***	-0.19 ^***	-0.02	0.04	0.34 ^***
2. sending nasty or indecent emails	0.06	-0.05	-0.09	+0.01	0.03	0.29 ^***
3. sending embarrassing photos of someone via cell phone	0.06	-0.09	-0.15 ^***	-0.02	0.10 ^*	0.16 ^***
4. pretending to be someone else on the Internet	0.01	-0.09 ^*	-0.20 ^***	-0.02	0.06	0.19 ^***
4. pretending to be someone else on the Internet	0.01	(p = .045)	-0.20 ^***	-0.02	0.06	0.19 ^***
5. telling someone else’s secrets online or through a cell phone without permission	0.06	-0.06	-0.15 ^***	-0.03	0.04	0.13 ^***
6. spreading gossip about someone on the Internet	0.11 ^**	-0.12 ^**	-0.11 ^**	-0.01	0.04	0.19 ^***
6. spreading gossip about someone on the Internet	(p = .009)	(p = .002)	(p = .006)	-0.01	0.04	0.19 ^***

E = Extraversion. A = Agreeableness. C = Conscientiousness. ES = Emotional Stability. O = Openness. MD = Moral Disengagement.

*p < .05.

** p < .01.

*** p < .001.