trollük ile sadizm, makyavelizm, narsisizm ve psikopati arasındaki ilişkiyi inceleyen makale için. kaynakça da ilgi çekici ama abonelik istiyor her zamanki gibi.

"Both studies revealed similar patterns of relations between trolling and the Dark Tetrad of
personality: trolling correlated positively with sadism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism, using both enjoyment ratings and identity scores. Of all personality measures, sadism showed the most robust associations with trolling and, importantly, the relationship was specific to trolling behavior. Enjoyment of other online activities, such as chatting and debating, was unrelated to sadism. Thus cyber-trolling appears to be an Internet manifestation of everyday sadism."