Dr. Evita March
Associate Professor, Psychology
Campus
Biography
Associate Professor Evita March (She/Her) is a leading international expert in online behaviour, relationships, and individual differences. Evita is invited to present to national and international academic and industry audiences and is regularly approached by media to comment on current events that lead public debate on cyber abuse and safety.
Evita is interested in interpersonal relationships and how individual differences and environments influence relationships. Primarily, Evita’s expertise is the psychology of online behaviour, and she has led pioneering research in cyber abuse and technology-facilitated intimate partner violence. Evita’s research interests and expertise include:
- How offline and online environments influence interpersonal relationships
- The perpetration and experience of antisocial and prosocial online behaviour
- How individual differences, such as personality, empathy, and self-esteem, influence relationships and behaviour
- The occurrence of abuse and violence in intimate relationships, and how the online environment facilitates this behaviour
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- Publications
Positive Childhood Experiences and a Dimensional Approach To Childhood Adversity: Associations with Adult Loneliness
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s42844-026-00199-2
Moving beyond attraction, compassion, and competence: evidence for compatibility as a distinct component of mate preferences
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1725609
"It's All in Your Head": Personality Traits and Gaslighting Tactics in Intimate Relationships
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s10896-023-00582-y
Stress-coping mechanisms and problematic social media use: A network analysis and differences across men and women
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100848
Dark personalities and online behaviour
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.4337/9781035322763.00032
Personality and internet trolling: a validation study of a Representative Sample
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s12144-023-04586-1
High (in)fidelity: gender, the Dark Tetrad, and infidelity
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/14681994.2023.2220279
Exploring the roles played by trust and technology in the online investment fraud victimisation process
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- DOI reference: 10.1177/26338076241248176
Assessing the impact of griefing in MMORPGs using self-determination theory
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.chb.2024.108388
Editorial: Internet deviance
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- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1495767
Control in Intimate Relationships: An Exploration of Insecure Attachment Styles, Emotion Dysregulation, and Shame-Proneness
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s10896-024-00784-y
An exploration of trolling behaviours in Australian adolescents: An online survey
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- DOI reference: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284378
The Role of Consent and Motivations in Sext Dissemination
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/08862605231163886
Dating in the dark: Vulnerable narcissism predicts inauthentic self-presentation in online dating
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.tele.2023.101985
The Three Cs of Psychological Mate Preferences: The Psychological Traits People Want in Their Romantic and Sexual Partners
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197524718.013.3
Disordered Social Media Use during COVID-19 Predicts Perceived Stress and Depression through Indirect Effects via Fear of COVID-19
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/bs13090698
Catching the catfish: Exploring gender and the Dark Tetrad of personality as predictors of catfishing perpetration
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107599
Psychometric properties of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale: An analysis using item response theory
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100473
Intimate Partner Cyberstalking: Exploring Vulnerable Narcissism, Secondary Psychopathy, Borderline Traits, and Rejection Sensitivity
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1089/cyber.2022.0167
Trolling, the Dark Tetrad, and the four-facet spectrum of narcissism
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2023.112169
Who cyberstalked their sexual and romantic partners? Sex differences, dark personality traits, and fundamental social motives
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- DOI reference: 10.1007/s12144-021-02174-9
Antisocial and Prosocial online behaviour: Exploring the roles of the Dark and Light Triads
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s12144-021-01552-7
Psychopathy: Cybercrime and cyber abuse
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.1016/B978-0-12-811419-3.00015-7
Talkin' Bout My Generation: The Utility of Different Age Cohorts to Predict Antisocial Behaviour on Social Media
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.1007/978-3-030-99049-7_3
Socially Connected during COVID-19: Online social connections mediate the relationship between loneliness and positive coping strategies
The dark triad, empathy, and motives to use social media
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111647
Buffering the Fear of COVID-19: Social Connectedness Mediates the Relationship between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Wellbeing
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/bs12030086
The Role of Procrastination Between Personality Traits and Addictive Mukbang Watching Among Emerging Adults
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- DOI reference: 10.1177/21582440221085006
Passive, invasive, and duplicitous: Three forms of intimate partner cyberstalking
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111502
More than a preference for online social interaction: Vulnerable narcissism and phubbing
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110715
The Role of Individual Differences in Cyber Dating Abuse Perpetration
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- DOI reference: 10.1089/cyber.2020.0687
Just Checking It Out? Motivations for and Behavioral Associations With Visiting “Slutpages” in the United States and Australia
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- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.671986
Insta-identity: Dark personality traits as predictors of authentic self-presentation on Instagram
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.tele.2021.101669
'Just checking': Vulnerable and grandiose narcissism subtypes as predictors of phubbing
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- DOI reference: 10.1177/2050157920942276
Hegemonic masculinity, gender, and social distance: the mediating role of perceived dangerousness
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- DOI reference: 10.1080/09589236.2020.1844000
Study addiction and 'dark' personality traits: a cross-sectional survey study among emerging adults
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- DOI reference: 10.1080/10550887.2021.1872469
Dangerous dating in the digital age: Jealousy, hostility, narcissism, and psychopathy as predictors of Cyber Dating Abuse
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.chb.2021.106711
Dark Tetrad personality traits and the propensity to lie across multiple contexts
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110792
Inauthentic self-presentation on facebook as a function of vulnerable narcissism and lower self-esteem
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.chb.2019.08.020
High Esteem and Hurting Others Online: Trait Sadism Moderates the Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Internet Trolling
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1089/cyber.2019.0652
'Just checking': Vulnerable and grandiose narcissism subtypes as predictors of phubbing
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- DOI reference: 10.1177/2050157920942276
Exploring anger as a moderator of narcissism and antisocial behaviour on tinder
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.109961
Somebody that I (used to) know: Gender and dimensions of dark personality traits as predictors of intimate partner cyberstalking
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110084
Dominance or deceit: The role of the Dark Triad and hegemonic masculinity in emotional manipulation
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110160
Belief in conspiracy theories: The predictive role of schizotypy, Machiavellianism, and primary psychopathy
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225964
Using Tinder® to start a fire: Predicting antisocial use of Tinder® with gender and the Dark Tetrad
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.03.014
Psychopathy, sadism, empathy, and the motivation to cause harm: New evidence confirms malevolent nature of the Internet Troll
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.01.001
A Qualitative Analysis of Internet Trolling
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- DOI reference: 10.1089/cyber.2018.0210
Development of a Japanese version of the Global Assessment of Internet Trolling-Revised
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.4992/jjpsy.89.17229
Masculinity might be more toxic than we think: The influence of gender roles on trait emotional manipulation
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.09.042
Strategies for Ph.D. Completion: A Critical Reflection by Completed Ph.D. Candidates.
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.1007/978-3-030-23731-8_20
Coping strategies of parents of children with autism in regional Australia.
New evidence shows self-esteem moderates the relationship between narcissism and selfies
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.053
Predicting Short- and Long-Term Mating Orientations: The Role of Sex and the Dark Tetrad
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/00224499.2017.1420750
Netflix and Chill? What Sex Differences Can Tell Us About Mate Preferences in (Hypothetical) Booty-Call Relationships
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/1474704918812138
Trolling on Tinder (and other dating apps): Examining the role of the Dark Tetrad and impulsivity
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.01.025
Predicting perpetration of intimate partner cyberstalking: Gender and the Dark Tetrad
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.03.012
Constructing the cyber-troll: Psychopathy, sadism, and empathy
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.06.038
Sending nudes: Sex, self-rated mate value, and trait Machiavellianism predict sending unsolicited explicit images
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- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02210
A review of prevalence studies of Autism Spectrum Disorder by latitude and solar irradiance impact
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.mehy.2017.09.012
Stress Associated with Commencing University: A Comparison of Metropolitan and Rural and Regional Students
More of a (wo)man offline? Gender roles measured in online and offline environments
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.018
Current prescriptions of men and women in differing occupational gender roles
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- DOI reference: 10.1080/09589236.2015.1090303
Social-economic theory and short-term mate preferences: The effects of gender roles and socioeconomic status
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/ajpy.12102
The dark side of Facebook : The Dark Tetrad, negative social potency, and trolling behaviours
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.043
Sex Differences in Mate Preferences in Australia: Exploring Evolutionary and Social-Economic Theories
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- DOI reference: 10.1017/jrr.2012.3
Sex, sexual orientation, and the necessity of physical attractiveness and social level in long-term and short-term mates
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- DOI reference: 10.1017/jrr.2014.12
