Abstract Although the Dark Triad (DT) of personality has been studied for almost two decades, research regarding its structure is lacking, which pertinent to understanding personality-outcome associations. This study examined DT domains, both independently and as a cluster. Initial results were replicated with validation sample. Participants (Study 1: N = 301; Study 2: N = 224) completed six se...

a r t i c l e i n f o The Dark Triad (narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy; DT) and mating effort are associated with antisocial behaviour, but these associations may build on underlying personality traits not specific to violence. The DT (measured using the SD3), the HEXACO personality scale, and a measure of mating effort were regressed onto a measure of self-reported violence as defi...

Men and women reliably differ on the importance of certain criteria when considering romantic relationships. From an evolutionary perspective that explains sex differences in mating effort parental investment, men should prioritise attractiveness women, wealth. Personality traits also signal important information about relationship potential with those dark triad facilitating short-term However...

Researchers investigating the psychological aspects of Olympic coaching have studied coaches as a homogenous group, and effect coaches' characteristics on performance-related outcomes remains unclear. The objective this research, therefore, was to examine whether factors discriminate between world-leading (i.e., gold medal winning) world-class non-gold coaches. Self-reported psychometric questi...

Abstract Communication applications and social media sites serve as a platform for users to distribute information connect other users, potentially allowing perpetrators perform antisocial behaviors. The current study examined the relationship between Dark Tetrad of personality (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, sadism) cyber-behaviors cyberbullying, cybertrolling) by surveying y...

Background The Dark Triad literature examining pro-social behaviours is minimal, with mixed results. Participants and procedure This study investigates the relationships between altruistic based on self-report data from 286 adults. Altruism was assessed using two scales: a general measure as well more recent scale measur-ing compassionate altruism towards family, friends, strangers. Results Mac...

Mind upload, making a digital copy of one's brain, is part the transhumanistic dream eternal life and end suffering. It also perceived as viable route toward artificial general intelligence (AGI). However, AI safety research has alerted to one major risk in creating AGI by mind upload: namely, that upload technology could appeal primarily callous selfish individuals who then abuse this for thei...

This study attempted to examine whether there were differences between substance nonuser and user adolescents on mental health problems, personality, school environment performance. The data problems (depression, anxiety, stress), dark triad personality traits, use collected through self-report questionnaires from a sample of 680 high students accessing their average scores in all subjects the ...