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The Dark Triad traits in Australia and Turkey
Personality and Individual Differences, 2019Co-Authors: Peter K Jonason, Ceylan Okan, Emrah ÖzsoyAbstract:Abstract A primary contention of evolutionary models of the Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) is that they are adaptations for dealing with adverse socioecological circumstances. In this study (N = 557), we collected data from two countries that differ in socioecological conditions (i.e., Turkey and Australia). We measured perceptions of a dangerous and competitive world and individual differences in the Dark Triad traits. Turkish participants were higher in the Dark Triad traits than Australian participants were. All the Dark Triad traits were correlated with a competitive but not a dangerous worldview. Country-level differences in the Dark Triad traits were mediated by competitive worldviews, but not dangerous worldviews, and those effects were similar in each sex. And rates of narcissism depended on participant's sex and country. This study provided the first attempt to understand country-level differences in the Dark Triad traits using a life history framework.
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Serbian adaptations of the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD) and Short Dark Triad (SD3)
Personality and Individual Differences, 2018Co-Authors: Bojana Dinić, Boban Petrović, Peter K JonasonAbstract:Abstract We conducted three studies to examine the psychometric properties of the Serbian translations of the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (Study 1, N = 364) and the Short Dark Triad (Study 2, N = 409), as well as their convergent and discriminant validity in relation to basic HEXACO personality traits and empathy (Study 3, N = 443). The three-factor structure, convergent validity, and discriminant validity were confirmed for both instruments. The main correlates of the traits, from both instruments, were low Honesty-Humility and lack of affective empathy. Also, alpha coefficients for scale scores were satisfactory and scale information was good, with more precision in above-average levels of trait for some of the scales (e.g., psychopathy). Both instruments are recommended to be used in further research.
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Bright lights, big city: The Dark Triad traits and geographical preferences
Personality and Individual Differences, 2018Co-Authors: Peter K JonasonAbstract:Abstract There are many niches people can occupy and some people may fit better in certain niches than others as a function of their personality. Two simple questions were considered presently. Are people characterized by the Dark Triad traits also characterized by a bias towards living in the city and if so as they are, what features of the city-living draw them towards such geographical preferences? Study 1 (N = 753, students) assessed the correlations between population density and size and the Dark Triad traits. Study 2 (N = 270, MTurk) asked participant's where they lived and compared rates of the Dark Triad traits. Study 3 (N = 273, MTurk) assessed where people wish they lived based on location (e.g., city, suburbia) and features of that environment and related that to the Dark Triad traits. Across three studies, there was a tentative-yet-methodologically robust bias of those who are high in the Dark Triad traits—especially psychopathy—towards city life. In Study 3, sex differences in the features people want in where they live and how the Dark Triad traits correlated with the featural preferences were examined and suggested effects consistent with life history theory. Results are discussed using life history and selection-evocation-manipulation paradigms.
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Basic Values and the Dark Triad Traits
Journal of Individual Differences, 2018Co-Authors: Peter K Jonason, Joshua D Foster, Valdiney V Gouveia, Phillip S Kavanagh, Béla BirkásAbstract:Abstract. In samples from America, Brazil, and Hungary (N = 937), we examined the associations between the Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) and individual dif...
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agentic and communal behavioral biases in the Dark Triad traits
Personality and Individual Differences, 2018Co-Authors: Peter K Jonason, Stephen A FletcherAbstract:Abstract We assessed the correlations between the Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) and behavioroid manifestations of agency and communion (N = 294). All three traits were positively associated with more agentic behavioral intentions and narcissism was also positively associated with communal behavioral intentions. The agency association was driven mostly by the shared variance as opposed to the unique variance in the traits, but both the unique and shared variance was necessary to derive a good fit between agency and the Dark Triad traits. Indeed, when the shared variance was partialed, the Dark Triad traits revealed a less agentic intentionality. Sex differences in the Dark Triad traits and agency were replicated but, we also found that sex differences in the latter were fully mediated by individual differences in the former. Results are discussed using a life history paradigm, suggesting that agentic behavioral intentions may be part of the fast life history strategy that characterizes the Dark Triad traits.
Philip A. Vernon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Dark Triad, reinforcement sensitivity and substance use
Personality and Individual Differences, 2016Co-Authors: Lauren Stenason, Philip A. VernonAbstract:Abstract Substance use is frequently perceived as a problematic behavior associated with negative social, psychological and physiological consequences. Despite the perception that substance use constitutes problematic behavior, previous literature on the personality characteristics of substance users is scarce. The majority of past research has focused on clinical samples as opposed to normative substance use among non-clinical samples. The current study investigated the relationship between the Dark Triad, reinforcement sensitivity and substance use. Participants consisted of 242 students (122 males and 120 females) from Western University ages 18 to 37 years (M = 18.85, SD = 2.05). Participants completed an online survey that included the Short Dark Triad, the BIS/BAS scales and a substance use questionnaire. Results revealed that all components of the Dark Triad were positively correlated with behavioral approach, psychopathy was negatively correlated with behavioral inhibition, psychopathy and narcissism were positively correlated with substance use, and behavioral inhibition was negatively correlated with substance use. Contrary to expectations, there was no significant mediation among the Dark Triad components, BAS and substance use. By identifying the personality traits of substance users, researchers can attempt to decrease the costs associated with substance use by developing prevention programs that target high-risk individuals.
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Interpersonal Guilt and the Dark Triad.
Personality and Individual Differences, 2015Co-Authors: Erica A. Giammarco, Philip A. VernonAbstract:Abstract Research on the Dark Triad of personality has supported the notion that Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy represent distinct but related traits. This study investigated the relation between each of the Dark Triad traits and scores on the Interpersonal Guilt Questionnaire (IGQ: O’Connor, Berry, Weiss, Bush, & Sampson, 1997). Each of the Dark Triad traits was found to have significant negative associations with survival and omnipotent responsibility guilt. Interestingly, Machiavellianism and psychopathy were found to be positively associated with self-hate guilt, while narcissism was negatively correlated with self-hate. Rumination was found to mediate the relation between Machiavellianism and self-hate, whereas the relation between psychopathy and self-hate was only partially mediated by rumination. Multiple regression analyses revealed that narcissism, psychopathy, and rumination each significantly added to the prediction of self-hate guilt, Machiavellianism and narcissism added to the prediction of survival guilt, and psychopathy and rumination added to the prediction of omnipotent responsibility guilt. These results provide further support for the distinct but related nature of the Dark Triad. They also offer greater insight into the behaviours associated with these subclinical antisocial tendencies.
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what a tangled web we weave the Dark Triad traits and deception
Personality and Individual Differences, 2014Co-Authors: Peter K Jonason, Holly M. Baughman, Minna Lyons, Philip A. VernonAbstract:Abstract We investigated (N = 447) the relationship between the Dark Triad traits (i.e., psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism) and domain-general and domain-specific measures of deception. Psychopathy and Machiavellianism were linked to telling more lies, psychopathy was linked to telling lies for no reason, and Machiavellianism was linked to telling white lies. Narcissism, in contrast, was linked to lying for self-gain and self-reported skill at lying. The Dark Triad traits were linked to the use of various intersexual and intrasexual deception tactics but these differed as a function of the domain, the category of deception, and the particular tactic used. We found some evidence that sex differences in deception were partially a function of individual differences in the Dark Triad traits. Our results provide new details about the cheater strategies linked to the Dark Triad traits.
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four shades of sexual fantasies linked to the Dark Triad
Personality and Individual Differences, 2014Co-Authors: Holly M. Baughman, Peter K Jonason, Livia Veselka, Philip A. VernonAbstract:Abstract The present study explored the links between the Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) and sexual fantasies in a sample of Canadian undergraduates ( N = 643). Among the Dark Triad traits, psychopathy was the most strongly correlated with overall sex drive as well as fantasies containing exploratory, impersonal, and sadomasochistic themes. Further, individuals who scored high on narcissism reported engaging in intimate sexual fantasies more frequently. The Dark Triad, psychopathy in particular, facilitated overall sexual desire in men. Overall, these findings were consistent with the view that the Dark Triad facilitates an exploitative, short-term mating strategy. Implications are discussed in the context of an evolutionary framework.
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the Dark Triad and the seven deadly sins
Personality and Individual Differences, 2014Co-Authors: Livia Veselka, Erica A. Giammarco, Philip A. VernonAbstract:Abstract The present study reports on the development and validation of the Vices and Virtues Scales (VAVS), which assesses individual differences in the propensity to engage in the seven deadly sins. Item-level analyses, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted on two independent samples of adults. Results indicated that all items composing the scale are psychometrically sound, and some evidence was found in support of the measure’s seven-factor structure. Further analyses of the VAVS subscales and the Dark Triad traits revealed significant positive correlations between nearly all traits assessed. Implications of these findings for the Dark Triad cluster and the overall comprehensiveness of contemporary personality frameworks are discussed.
Petri J Kajonius - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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revisiting the structure of the short Dark Triad
Assessment, 2019Co-Authors: Bjorn N Persson, Petri J Kajonius, Danilo GarciaAbstract:In the past decade, extensive interest has been directed toward the Dark Triad (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy), popularly assessed by the Short Dark Triad (SD3). Nevertheless,...
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IRT analyses of the Swedish Dark Triad Dirty Dozen
Heliyon, 2018Co-Authors: Danilo Garcia, Bjorn N Persson, Ali Al Nima, Joel Gruneau Brulin, Max Rapp-ricciardi, Petri J KajoniusAbstract:Background: The Dark Triad (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) can be captured quickly with 12 items using the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (Jonason and Webster, 2010). Previous Item Re ...
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Testing construct independence in the Short Dark Triad using Item Response Theory
Personality and Individual Differences, 2017Co-Authors: Bjorn N Persson, Petri J Kajonius, Danilo GarciaAbstract:The Dark Triad (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy) is a popular construct for describing socially aversive personality traits. In recent years, the Short Dark Triad (SD3; Jones & Paulhus, 2014) has become a popular measure for assessing the Dark Triad constructs. However, recent research has called the supposed dissimilarity between the Dark Triad constructs into question. In particular, theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that a distinction between Machiavellianism and psychopathy may not be tenable. In order to investigate this issue further, we analyzed the SD3 in a large sample (N = 1983) using Item Response Theory. We establish item response parameter estimates for each Dark Triad construct and further test whether the Dark Triad constructs can be modelled together. Results show that Machiavellianism and narcissism could not be modelled together, but the combinations Machiavellianism and psychopathy, and narcissism and psychopathy, yielded acceptable model fit. The implications of these results are discussed in terms of how the Dark Triad constructs may be interpreted and studied in the future.
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hedonism achievement and power universal values that characterize the Dark Triad
Personality and Individual Differences, 2015Co-Authors: Petri J Kajonius, Bjorn N Persson, Peter K JonasonAbstract:Abstract Using a sample of Swedes and Americans (N = 385), we attempted to understand the Dark Triad traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) in terms of universal social values. The Dark Triad traits correlated significantly with all 10 value types, forming a sinusoid pattern corresponding to the value model circumplex. In regression analyses, Machiavellianism and narcissism were positively associated with the values Achievement and Power, while psychopathy was positively associated with the values Hedonism, and Power. In addition, the Dark Triad traits explained significant variance over the Big Five traits in accounting for individual differences in social values. Differences between the Swedish and the US sample in the social value Achievement was mediated by the Dark Triad traits, as well as age. Given the unique complex of values accounted for by the Dark Triad traits compared to the Big Five traits, we argue that the former account for a system of self-enhancing “Dark values”, often hidden but constantly contributing in evaluations of others.
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Dark Values: the Dark Triad hiding in Schwartz’ value orientation
2014Co-Authors: Petri J Kajonius, Bjorn N PerssonAbstract:The Dark Triad offers measurement and predictive validity of egotistic and anti-social dispositions, including the factors Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. Based on the well established link between personality traits and values, this study proposes that the Dark Triad can be used to understand individuals’ propensity towards including or excluding other people in their social relationships. A group of 80 human resource management students whose future comptence among other things will be to cooperate with others were measured on the Dark Triad, Schwartz’ ten Value Orientations, and two versions of the Big Five personality traits (FIPI, BFI44). The results showed consistent negative correlations between the Dark Triad and the value dimensions of concern for generalized others, as well as positive correlations between the Dark Triad and the value dimensions of concern for self. The study also concluded that the Dark Triad works as a moderator of the relationship between personality traits (Big Five) and values (Schwartz’), and substantially adds additional explained variance especially on values of exclusion. The etiology of social in-group and out-group processes in everyday life is suggested to be individuals’ dispositions for Dark values, a path towards deviant and negative behaviors.
Minna Lyons - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Dark Triad traits and perceived quality of alternative partners
Personality and Individual Differences, 2020Co-Authors: Gayle Brewer, Emily Erickson, Laura Whitaker, Minna LyonsAbstract:Abstract Those high on Dark Triad traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy) report poor quality romantic relationships and greater susceptibility to infidelity. The present study investigated the relationship between Dark Triad traits and the perceived quality of alternative partners. Heterosexual women (NȂ=Ȃ379) aged 17–63 years (M = 26.93, SD = 10.78) completed the NPI-16, Mach IV, Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale, and Quality of Alternatives Scale. A multiple hierarchical regression revealed that the Dark Triad traits predicted perceived quality of alternatives when controlling for participant age and relationship length. Narcissism and Machiavellianism were the only significant individual predictors, such that women high on narcissism or Machiavellianism were more likely to acknowledge the availability of alternative relationships. Increased awareness of alternative mates may, in part, contribute to previously reported associations between these traits, poor quality relationships, and infidelity.
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Dark Triad traits and preference for partner parenting styles
Personality and Individual Differences, 2020Co-Authors: Minna Lyons, Gayle Brewer, Gregory L. CarterAbstract:Abstract There is a dearth of research investigating what characteristics individuals high in the Dark Triad look for in long-term partners. We explored the role of the Dark Triad traits on the parental styles that individuals find important in a future spouse. Men (n = 179) and women (n = 181) completed a short Dark Triad measure, and a questionnaire measuring desirability of parental care and control in future partners. Narcissism predicted higher preference for spouses with controlling parenting styles. Men and women high on Machiavellianism were more and less likely to prefer a caring partner, respectively. Individuals high on psychopathy were less likely to favour a partner displaying parental care. The findings are discussed in terms of assortative mating and social learning.
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birds of a bad feather flock together the Dark Triad and mate choice
Personality and Individual Differences, 2015Co-Authors: Peter K Jonason, Minna Lyons, Alyson BlanchardAbstract:Previous research on the Dark Triad traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism) has focused solely on the role the Dark Triad traits played in mate choice of actors. The current study ( N= 336) extends this by manipulating the apparent levels of Dark Triad traits in targets and correlating mate choice in these targets with individual differences in the Dark Triad traits in actors. As expected, both sexes preferred partners low in the Dark Triad traits for long-term mating, while those high in these traits were preferred for one-night stands. However, women high in psychopathy considered the Dark Triad traits in potential male partners more physically attractive and desirable for an one-night stand, as well as a potential husband. Men who were high on psychopathy were likewise attracted to psychopathy in potential mothers. Our findings are discussed from an evolutionary personality paradigm.
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what a tangled web we weave the Dark Triad traits and deception
Personality and Individual Differences, 2014Co-Authors: Peter K Jonason, Holly M. Baughman, Minna Lyons, Philip A. VernonAbstract:Abstract We investigated (N = 447) the relationship between the Dark Triad traits (i.e., psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism) and domain-general and domain-specific measures of deception. Psychopathy and Machiavellianism were linked to telling more lies, psychopathy was linked to telling lies for no reason, and Machiavellianism was linked to telling white lies. Narcissism, in contrast, was linked to lying for self-gain and self-reported skill at lying. The Dark Triad traits were linked to the use of various intersexual and intrasexual deception tactics but these differed as a function of the domain, the category of deception, and the particular tactic used. We found some evidence that sex differences in deception were partially a function of individual differences in the Dark Triad traits. Our results provide new details about the cheater strategies linked to the Dark Triad traits.
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Birds of feather flock together – Evidence for assortative mating for the Dark Triad traits
Personality and Individual Differences, 2014Co-Authors: D. Asquith, Minna Lyons, H. Watson, P. JonasonAbstract:Dark Triad of personality (i.e., psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism) relate to increased mating success in men. Much less is known about characteristics of the women who enter relationship with callous, manipulative, and self-aggrandising men. Here, we investigated assortative mating for Dark Triad characteristics. Using items from Dark Triad inventories, we created male profiles that were high or low in the Dark Triad traits. In three conditions, we asked women (N = 161) to rate the fictional males for long-term and short-term relationships, and to complete the Dark Triad scale that was associated with the profiles they were rating. We found assortative preferences for all Dark Triad traits in long-term mating, and assortative preferences for Machiavellianism and psychopathy in short-term mating. Our study is the first one to suggest that the sexual success of high Dark Triad males may be driven by assortative mate choice by women with the same characteristics.
Holly M. Baughman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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what a tangled web we weave the Dark Triad traits and deception
Personality and Individual Differences, 2014Co-Authors: Peter K Jonason, Holly M. Baughman, Minna Lyons, Philip A. VernonAbstract:Abstract We investigated (N = 447) the relationship between the Dark Triad traits (i.e., psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism) and domain-general and domain-specific measures of deception. Psychopathy and Machiavellianism were linked to telling more lies, psychopathy was linked to telling lies for no reason, and Machiavellianism was linked to telling white lies. Narcissism, in contrast, was linked to lying for self-gain and self-reported skill at lying. The Dark Triad traits were linked to the use of various intersexual and intrasexual deception tactics but these differed as a function of the domain, the category of deception, and the particular tactic used. We found some evidence that sex differences in deception were partially a function of individual differences in the Dark Triad traits. Our results provide new details about the cheater strategies linked to the Dark Triad traits.
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four shades of sexual fantasies linked to the Dark Triad
Personality and Individual Differences, 2014Co-Authors: Holly M. Baughman, Peter K Jonason, Livia Veselka, Philip A. VernonAbstract:Abstract The present study explored the links between the Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) and sexual fantasies in a sample of Canadian undergraduates ( N = 643). Among the Dark Triad traits, psychopathy was the most strongly correlated with overall sex drive as well as fantasies containing exploratory, impersonal, and sadomasochistic themes. Further, individuals who scored high on narcissism reported engaging in intimate sexual fantasies more frequently. The Dark Triad, psychopathy in particular, facilitated overall sexual desire in men. Overall, these findings were consistent with the view that the Dark Triad facilitates an exploitative, short-term mating strategy. Implications are discussed in the context of an evolutionary framework.
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Liar liar pants on fire: Cheater strategies linked to the Dark Triad
Personality and Individual Differences, 2014Co-Authors: Holly M. Baughman, Minna Lyons, Peter K Jonason, Philip A. VernonAbstract:The present study (N= 462) examined the relationship between the Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) and deception in domain-general and domain-specific contexts. As predicted, psychopathy and Machiavellianism were linked to the propensity to lie in different contexts, including mating and academic dishonesty. Psychopathy was related to experiencing more positive emotions associated with lying and Machiavellianism was associated with increased amount of cognitive effort associated with deception. Sex differences in deception were partially mediated by individual differences in the Dark Triad traits. Our findings have important implications for the interpersonal strategies employed by those high on the Dark Triad. © 2014.
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What a tangled web we weave: The Dark Triad traits and deception
Personality and Individual Differences, 2014Co-Authors: Peter K Jonason, Holly M. Baughman, Minna Lyons, Philip A. VernonAbstract:We investigated ( N= 447) the relationship between the Dark Triad traits (i.e., psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism) and domain-general and domain-specific measures of deception. Psychopathy and Machiavellianism were linked to telling more lies, psychopathy was linked to telling lies for no reason, and Machiavellianism was linked to telling white lies. Narcissism, in contrast, was linked to lying for self-gain and self-reported skill at lying. The Dark Triad traits were linked to the use of various intersexual and intrasexual deception tactics but these differed as a function of the domain, the category of deception, and the particular tactic used. We found some evidence that sex differences in deception were partially a function of individual differences in the Dark Triad traits. Our results provide new details about the cheater strategies linked to the Dark Triad traits. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
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relationships between bullying behaviours and the Dark Triad a study with adults
Personality and Individual Differences, 2012Co-Authors: Holly M. Baughman, Erica A. Giammarco, Sylvia Dearing, Philip A. VernonAbstract:Abstract The current study is the first to directly investigate relationships between the Dark Triad personality traits and bullying behaviours. We also sought to design a reliable measure of bullying for use with an adult sample. The sample consisted of 657 participants (203 males; 454 females), aged 18 to 70 (M = 23.1, SD = 8.65). Participants completed the Short-D3, a measure of the Dark Triad personality traits, as well as a Bullying Questionnaire which was constructed for this study. Correlational analyses demonstrated that psychopathy was most strongly related to bullying, followed by Machiavellianism, and narcissism. However, our predictions for the differential correlations between the Dark Triad facets and bullying type were generally not supported. Implications are discussed.
