• 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 ...

Specific affordances of online spaces allow people to experiment with their self-presentation. Whereas some use these for self-discovery, others may them behave malevolently. This study examined the Dark Triad – Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism in relation self-presentation style beliefs about benefits self-presenting environments. A sample 322 adult participants completed a cross-...

The aim of the present study was to verify relationship three aversive personality traits - Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy, nowadays known by experts as Dark Triad burnout syndrome on sample vocational technical subject teachers. carried out a 241 participants (Mage = 44.53; SD 10.29). Females represented 75.1% all respondents 44.48; 10.02), males remaining 24.9% 42.36; 11.8). Slo...

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). ...

Despite much research, skepticism remains over the possibility of profiling scholastic cheaters. However, several relevant predictor variables and newer diagnostic tools have been overlooked. We remedy this deficit with a series of three studies. Study 1 was a large-scale survey of a broad range of personality predictors of self-reported cheating. Significant predictors included the Dark Triad ...

There is vigorous debate about the distinctiveness of components that make up Dark Triad. With its expansion toward Tetrad, inclusion everyday sadism sparked further disagreement on whether this fourth component allows explaining additional variance in relevant criteria not accounted for by psychopathy, narcissism, or Machiavellianism. Given psychopathy and are highly similar their conceptualiz...

Article history: Received 30 November 2015 Accepted 4 January 2016 Available online 16 January 2016 We examined the effect of social support and coercion on risk taking associatedwith the Dark Triad. Participants brought a picture into the lab of an individual who calmed them (social support) or stressed them (coercion). Theywere then randomly assigned to place one of these pictures beside a co...

Of the offensive yet non-pathological personalities in the literature, three are especially prominent: Machiavellianism, subclinical narcissism, and subclinical psychopathy. We evaluated the recent contention that, in normal samples, this Dark Triad of constructs are one and the same. In a sample of 245 students, we measured the three constructs with standard measures and examined a variety of ...

In this article we hypothesize that psychopathic leaders may be attracted to positions of power because in such environments they can fulfill their need for domination and control over other people. Although social dominance is a well-established trait psychopathy, as motivational factor those high psychopathy has received surprisingly little attention literature research. propose motivation pa...