The role of the family in the development of Machiavellianism was examined in this study. High- and low-Machiavellian sixth graders played a bluffing game. Their parents completed Machiavellian belief measures. The Machiavellianism of fathers and mothers was positively related to their children's success at deceiving others but not at seeing through others' attempts at deception. In addition, f...

We present a process model that distinguishes 2 dimensions of narcissism: admiration and rivalry. We propose that narcissists' overarching goal of maintaining a grandiose self is pursued by 2 separate pathways, characterized by distinct cognitive, affective-motivational, and behavioral processes. In a set of 7 studies, we validated this 2-dimensional model using the newly developed Narcissistic...

Paulhus and Williams (2002) identified a "Dark Triad" comprising the following related personality styles: narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. The heterogeneity found in narcissism and psychopathy raises the possibility of a second triad made up of emotional vulnerability and dark traits (i.e., the vulnerable dark triad; VDT). Along with vulnerable narcissism and Factor 2 psychopathy...

Machiavellianism comprises several distinct aspects (Rauthmann & Will, 2011), but it is unclear what Machiavellianism scales measure. The current study exemplarily investigates for a German Machiavellianism Scale (Henning & Six, 2008) (a) item content, (b) factorial structure, and (c) factor correlations with other scales (Big Five, narcissism, psychopathy, emotional manipulation, socio-emotion...

Two studies examined how individual differences relate to prejudiced attitudes toward asylum seekers. Results consistently showed that people had relatively low scores on Honesty-Humility and high the Dark Tetrad (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, everyday sadism) ideological beliefs (social dominance orientation, patriotism, nationalism). More importantly, multiple regression analyses...

This study examines empathy as a mediator of the dark triad personality, social support, and demographic factors on cyberbullying behavior in SMAN 10 Depok students. The was conducted 428 students with purposive sampling technique. measuring tools used this are Tudkuea's Cyberbullying Scale, Short Dark Triad (SD3), Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), Multidimensional Scale Perceived Social Su...

This unprecedented research endeavors to investigate the relationship between dark personality traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) and corruption intention through the mediation of anxiety.  Based on the resource conservation theory, it is hypothesized that those higher in dark personality traits are more inclined to corrupt when they feel anxious. Having collected data...

Background There are different theories and models of personality. In the antisocial area, model used is Dark Triad, a personality composed traits Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism. The links between Triad other general have been widely studied; however, there little research connecting it with traditional, but still used, described by Eysenck (psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism). ...

(1) Background: The aim of the study was to investigate if Dark Triad (DT)—which includes psychopathy, Machiavellianism and narcissism—impulsiveness Honesty-Humility (HH), can predict individuals’ intended behavior in a one-shot Prisoner’s Dilemma Game (PDG) whether this relationship is moderated by gender. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional correlational design used, examining regression moderatio...

a r t i c l e i n f o Although the Dark Triad personality (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) has been researched widely, only few studies have investigated women's preferences for men who present high and low Dark Triad features. With an on-line two-alternative forced choice questionnaire we investigated the interaction between preferences of 1962 Finnish women for facial sti...