This research explores the Dark Triad traits in 18 cultures from Europe, America, Africa, and Asia. We examined relationships among traits, as measured by SD3, with gender, age, social status, two personality models, HEXACO Zuckerman’s alternative five factor model (AFFM). There were 10,298 participants (5,410 women 4,888 men) a mean age of 40.31 ( SD = 17.32) years old. Between 6% 16% variance...

Personality measures have been criticized for their lack of coverage of some traits. As a result, researchers have examined and combined measures to better understand and predict target behaviours. The Supernumerary Personality Inventory (SPI; Paunonen, 2002) was designed to measure a wide range of personality traits, including antisocial tendencies. The Dark Triad (Paulhus & Williams, 2002) wa...

Machiavellianism is a word synonymous with the phrase "the end justifies the means", and in this article we have coined the term Medical Machiavellianism to describe the 'cruel-to-be-kind' administration of toxic chemotherapeutic agents in apparent violation of the precept first do no harm, while acknowledging the 'dirty hands' dilemma of having to decide between and choose the lesser of two ev...

• Psychopathy, Machiavellianism and narcissism make up the Dark Triad of personality These traits were proven to be related numerous antisocial behaviors Such research on has mainly focused adolescent (online) samples We tested effect these offending in a representative adult sample Of three, only psychopathy The present study investigates what extent three key concepts from Theory can explain ...

Abstract. The present study examined the nomological network of Short Dark Tetrad scale (SD4). SD4 measures narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and sadism. We translated original English into German used an online sample ( N = 594, 77% women) to investigate its with regard Big Five, honesty-humility, maladaptive personality traits, impulsivity, aggression, motives, values, sociosexual or...

People or organizations initiate to obtain multiply resources. One of the personal initiatives is increase resources by establishing marriage kinship using social networks. It possible evaluate nepotism as an effort networks Nepotism often handled through a human resource management and cultural perspective. This research differs from previous researches due combination behavioral traits person...

Abstract Cyberbullying is a form of antisocial online behaviors. Perpetration intentional and repeated harm inflicted through electronic devices associated with dark personality traits may be caused by morally impaired reasoning. In the current study, we investigated associations between Dark Tetrad (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, sadism), cybervictimization, cyberbullying. We also ...

Prior work has established robust diversity in the extent to which different moral values are endorsed. Some people focus on values related to caring and fairness, whereas others assign additional moral weight to ingroup loyalty, respect for authority and established hierarchies, and purity concerns. Five studies explore associations between endorsement of distinct moral values and a suite of i...