Strategic resource control poses a trade-off to attackers and defenders. Actions that reclaim of pose costs, but by an adversary also costs. Thus, strategy is required maximize outcomes. Research on the Dark Triad personality has suggested Machiavellianism associated with strategic orientation, whereas psychopathy narcissism are direct aggression overconfidence (respectively). individuals high ...

The current study examines the relationship between parental and intimate adult (best friend partner) attachments with dark personality traits empathy deficits in women. Participants (N = 262 females, M age 26.65) completed self-report measures of Dark Triad (DT) traits, cognitive affective empathy, attachment experiences close relationships. Path model analysis showed that avoidant predicted d...

Playing violent video games has become an integral part of the lives of many people, although some people more than others may be predisposed to enjoy violent video games. Two cross-sectional studies examined the extent to which everyday sadism predicts the amount of violent video game play. Past research has shown that everyday sadists obtain pleasure from cruel behaviors. Hence, I reasoned th...

In five studies (total N = 1300) we developed and validated a Polish version of the Dirty Dozen measure (DTDD-P) that measures the three traits of the Dark Triad, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism. We detail the presence and stability of a bifactor structure of the 12 items and present evidence for good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. We examine the nomological net...

Against a backdrop of limited research focusing on dark-side characteristics in alliances, the authors argue that Machiavellianism an alliance influences strategies pertaining to gaining new knowledge and using power achieve better performance effectiveness. They develop model theories-in-use procedures drawing from both Machiavellian intelligence achievement goal perspectives, which they test ...

Background: Research has shown that personality traits can have an important role in the development and maintenance of behavioral addictions. However, relationship between dark (i.e., Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, sadism, spitefulness) ‘study addiction’ yet to be investigated.Objectives: The purpose present study was examine associations with addiction among total sample, males, f...

Our recent research revealed two predictors of multiple-choice exam cheating: subclinical psychopathy and poor verbal ability. However, the extent to which individual difference variables predict plagiarism on term papers remains untested. Such research is now possible using the widely used plagiarism detector called Turn-It-In. We collected such objective measures of both plagiarism and multip...

While previous studies have correlated the Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) with a preference for short-term relationships, little research has addressed possible correlations with short-term relationship sub-types. In this online study using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk system (N = 210) we investigated the manner in which scores on the Dark Triad relate to th...

Analysis of the association between dark triad and retention strategies in romantic relationships Abstract: The present study assessed fit an explanatory model partner used by men women each profiles that make up personality their long-term relationships. Participants were 324 370 Chilean nationality. All them a stable relationship. Through design with observable variables, we could demonstrate...