Differential Reproductive Behavior Patterns Among the Dark Triad

Differential infidelity patterns among the Dark Triad

The Dark Triad traits (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism) are overlapping but distinctive. Although all three traits have been independently linked to relationship infidelity, differences among the traits may exist when examined simultaneously. Moreover, consequences resulting from infidelity have not been explored. A large retrospective survey found that all three traits correlated...

The Dark Triad and dispositional aggression

a r t i c l e i n f o Previous research has demonstrated that people who are callous are more likely to be interpersonally aggressive. The present study extends this finding to research on the " Dark Triad " traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy), which all share a common core of callousness and manipulation. Using crowd-sourcing and student samples, we examined the relationship...

The Dark Triad personality: Attractiveness to women

It has been suggested that the Dark Triad (DT) personality constellation is an evolved facilitator of men’s short-term mating strategies. However, previous studies have relied on self-report data to consider the sexual success of DT men. To explore the attractiveness of the DT personality to the other sex, 128 women rated created (male) characters designed to capture high DT facets of personali...

Well-being and the Dark Triad

a r t i c l e i n f o Much of the research in the last few years has linked the Dark Triad traits (narcissism, psychopathy, and Machi-avellianism) to negative outcomes. In a sample of Polish undergraduate students, we examined how the Dark Triad traits differ in their relationships with eudaimonic and hedonic well-being. Narcissism was positively related to both variants of well-being, and afte...

Occupational niches and the Dark Triad traits