The Dark Triad and Deception Perceptions

Dark Triad, Perceptions of Organizational Politics and Counterproductive Work Behaviors: The Moderating Effect of Political Skills

The aim of this work focuses on the relationship among the Dark Triad (psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism), perceptions of organizational politics, political skills, and counterproductive work behavior. This study empirically tests the mediating role of perceptions of organizational politics in the relationship between the Dark Triad and counterproductive work behavior. Furthermore, ...

The Mediating Role of Rejection Sensitivity in Association between Dark Triad and Marital Distress

Introduction: Dark traits are associated with marital distress, but the mechanisms of this relationship have not been clarified yet. The current study was conducted to investigate the mediating role of rejection sensitivity in the association between dark traits and marital distress.  Methods: The method of the present study was descriptive-correlational. All of the couples of Rasht city in the...

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...

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