Abstract
Under the Chinese culture of filial piety, parents have absolute authority, and many of their behaviors are actually psychological abuse of their children, but the parents themselves are not aware of it. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 567 Chinese college students (Mage = 19.56, SD = 0.49, 40.21% males) to explore the relationship between childhood psychological abuse (CPA) and Internet altruistic behavior (IAB), as well as the role of dark triad and negative cognitive emotion regulation (NCER). Results indicated that: (1) There was a significant negative correlation between CPA and IAB; (2) NCER played a partially mediating role between CPA and IAB, whereas the mediating role of dark triad between CPA and IAB was insignificant; (3) Dark triad and NCER played a chain mediating role between CPA and IAB. The present study provides a new perspective on IAB from the perspective of family functioning and positive psychological interventions.