Gray's Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory postulates that the behavioral inhibition system (BIS) is responsible for regulating anxiety and fear in response to external stimuli, while activation (BAS) processing positive cues such as rewards. Dickman's model distinguishes dysfunctional impulsivity (DI), characterized by non-reflective decision-making, from functional (FI), which reflects propensit...

The personality traits of political candidates, and the way these are perceived by public at large, matter for representation electoral behavior. Disentangling effects partisanship on candidate evaluations is however notoriously a tricky business, as voters tend to evaluate candidates based their partisan preferences. In this article we tackle issue via innovative experimental data. We present ...

Image Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) denotes the creation, distribution, and/or threat of distribution intimate images another person online without their consent. The present study aims to extend emerging research on perpetration IBSA with development and preliminary validation for moral disengagement in scale, while also examining role dark triad, sadism, sexism a person’s likelihood perpetrate IB...

This study, using a semi-longitudinal design, explored the extent to which Dark Triad traits indirectly (through mental toughness) predicted learning styles (i.e., deep, strategic, and surface learning) depression symptoms. First year undergraduates (N = 100 matched at two-time intervals; 17 males, 83 females; mean age 19.02, range 18 24) completed self-report questionnaires beginning of academ...

We investigate the relationship between dark triad personality traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) of managers practice reporting manipulation using a primary survey 837 professionals working in accounting finance departments. find that (a) who exhibit are associated with higher prevalence fraudulent practices their departments (b) traditional risk management mechanisms only ...

(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...

Introduction. The article deals with the problem of identifying predictors formation digital addiction in future teachers. purpose is to examine factors underlying Internet addiction, as well substantiate and identify relationship between personality traits degree dependence among students a pedagogical university. Materials Methods. study based on scientific works by leading experts representi...

Background The advances in communication and transportation facilities have accelerated the formation of multicultural societies worldwide. Personality traits may be one most important indicators adapting to environments. Educational environ-ments are terms composition students they serve. present study investigated predictive role Big Five Dark Triad personality on attitude efficacy (MAE) amon...

The rise in popularity of Chat GPT, an advanced language model that uses deep learning techniques to simulate human-like conversation, has raised concerns about its potential misuse, particularly academic contexts. present study (N = 283) explored the relationship between personality traits and intention use chatbot-generated texts for cheating. Among HEXACO Dark Triad traits, Honesty-Humility,...

This study presents the first behavioral genetic investigation of the relationships between trait emotional intelligence (trait EI or trait emotional self-efficacy) and the Dark Triad traits of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. In line with trait EI theory, the construct correlated positively with narcissism, but negatively with the other two traits. Generally, the correlations wer...