Considering sadism in the shadow of the Dark Triad traits: A meta-analytic review of the Dark Tetrad

B Bonfá-Araujo, AR Lima-Costa, N Hauck-Filho… - Personality and …, 2022 - Elsevier
With this meta-analytic review, we aimed to estimate the relationship that sadistic personality
has with the Dark Triad traits and, secondarily, describe the research on the Dark Tetrad …

A psychometric network perspective on the validity and validation of personality trait questionnaires

AP Christensen, H Golino… - European Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This article reviews the causal implications of latent variable and psychometric network
models for the validation of personality trait questionnaires. These models imply different …

It's a conspiracy: Covid-19 conspiracies link to psychopathy, Machiavellianism and collective narcissism

S Hughes, L Machan - Personality and individual differences, 2021 - Elsevier
A proliferation of conspiracy theories has emerged during the Covid-19 health pandemic.
The present study investigated individual susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs and the …

[HTML][HTML] Dark triads, tetrads, tents, and cores: Why navigate (research) the jungle of dark personality models without a compass (criterion)?

CM Kowalski, R Rogoza, DH Saklofske, JA Schermer - Acta Psychologica, 2021 - Elsevier
This comprehensive review summarizes and evaluates the present state of the Dark Triad
research literature (or more broadly, the dark personality trait literature), and as such serves …

COVID-19 protective behaviors are forms of prosocial and unselfish behaviors

BM Dinić, B Bodroža - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The aim of this study was to explore the effects of prosocial and antisocial personality
tendencies and context-related state factors on compliance with protective behaviors to …

The structure of the Dark Triad traits: A network analysis

C Trahair, L Baran, M Flakus, CM Kowalski… - Personality and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Growing interest in the exploration of the dark side of personality recently led to the
questions concerning the number, distinctiveness, and structural organization of its …

The good, the bad, and the ugly: Revisiting the Dark Core

BM Dinić, A Wertag, V Sokolovska, A Tomašević - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
The aim of this research (N= 268) was to explore several compelling candidates for the Dark
Core of the broader set of dark and light traits by using network analysis and analyses of …

On the (number of) aversive traits it takes to approximate the common core of aversive personality

LK Horsten, M Moshagen, BE Hilbig - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Dark Triad and Dark Tetrad are the constellation of aversive traits that are most
commonly assessed to study their common (aversive) and unique (non-aversive) features …

[PDF][PDF] Unique variable analysis: A novel approach for detecting redundant variables in multivariate data

AP Christensen, LE Garrido, H Golino - PsyArXiv, 2020 - files.osf.io
One common approach for constructing tests that measure a single attribute is the semantic
similarity approach where items vary slightly in their wording and content. Despite being an …

The many faces of dark personalities: An examination of the Dark Triad structure using psychometric network analysis

TE Truhan, P Wilson, R Mõttus… - Personality and Individual …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Although the Dark Triad (DT) of personality has been studied for almost two
decades, research regarding its structure is lacking, which is pertinent to understanding …