In addition, the associations that these dark personality traits had with anti-natalist beliefs were sometimes mediated by the safe primal world belief (i.e., perceiving the world to be non-threatening and cooperative) and the enticing primal world belief (i.e., perceiving the world to be ...
Dark triad, cluster of three negative personality traits—Machiavellianism and subclinical (nonpathological) narcissism and psychopathy—that share certain features, including emotional coldness, duplicity, and aggressiveness. The term was coined in 2002
Therefore, the main aim of this manuscript was to present a preliminary verification of the relations between socially aversive personality traits (the Dark Triad of personality) and health-oriented behaviors in university students. 2. Materials and Methods 2.1. Study Group The study involved 143 hea...
Our goal was to evaluate the similarities and differences among the Dark Triad of personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. Our data do not support the contention that, when measured in normal populations, these three constructs are equivalent. The intercorrelations were all ...
activity. While predictive models may be unsuitable for predicting an individual's personality, they may still be of practical importance when models are applied to large groups of people, such as gaining the ability to see whether anti-social traits are increasing or decreasing over a population....
Dark personality traits (Machiavellianism, Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Sadism) have been associated with aversive, unethical, and criminal conduct. Concise measurement tools such as the Short Dark Tetrad (SD4) are popular, because they lend themselves as screening instruments. As such, the scores on...
The dark triad personality can have significant consequences for any organization. These individuals may disrupt teamwork, create a toxic work environment, or even lead to higher turnover rates. Here are some ways in which dark personality traits can impact your workplace: ...
yet research on personality traits of senior managers and their commitment to organizations is limited. Drawing on self-affirmation theory, we investigate the consequences of senior managers’ ‘Dark Triad Traits’ (narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) for their organizational commitment. We use...
Dark traits are present in all of us in varying degrees. But the mere existence of dark traits in a person does not guarantee undesirable behavior. A person with a higher predisposition to these traits is more likely to employ and display them. Dark personality traits are more likely to get...
Dark personality traits complicate notions of authenticity, when deceit and manipulation are core traits. Embracing dark authenticity permits greater candor about risks from widespread deception and malevolence. Being authentic is typically idealized in our culture, and it is generally associated with notion...