[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 …

Is Machiavellianism dead or dormant? The perils of researching a secretive construct

DN Jones, SM Mueller - Journal of Business Ethics, 2021 - Springer
Machiavellianism is a popular construct in research on ethics and organizational behavior.
This research has demonstrated that Machiavellianism predicts a host of counterproductive …

[HTML][HTML] The Dark Tetrad and online sexual victimization: Enjoying in the distance

D Pineda, A Martínez-Martínez, M Galán… - Computers in human …, 2023 - Elsevier
Online sexual victimization (OSV) refers to the experience of online pressure to obtain
unwanted sexual contact or/and the distribution of sexual images or information of the victim …

Exploring gender differences in Machiavellianism using a measurement invariance approach

KL Collison, S South, CE Vize, JD Miller… - Journal of personality …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Research suggests that men and women differ on mean levels of Dark Triad personality
constructs such as Machiavellianism, but few studies have investigated whether or not these …

Darker by the day: Daily variability in dark personality traits

BS Hardin, CV Smith - Personality and Individual Differences, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Grounded in Whole Trait Theory (Fleeson & Jayawickreme, 2015), the present
study examined the extent to which people report daily variability in dark personality (ie …

Who exploits? The trusted one, the dark one, or both?

S Sekhar, N Uppal - Personality and Individual Differences, 2023 - Elsevier
Trust represents one of the most complex phenomena in social settings, in that, while it is
necessary for social interactions, it also renders one vulnerable to exploitation. Further, its …

Delay discounting and narcissism: A meta-analysis with implications for narcissistic personality disorder.

SRM Coleman, AC Oliver, EM Klemperer… - … theory, research, and …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Several psychiatric conditions (eg, substance use, mood, and personality disorders) are
characterized, in part, by greater delay discounting (DD)—a decision-making bias in the …

A person-centered approach to the dark triad traits and religiousness: Examining differences in intellectual humility, prosociality, and mental health in US college …

Y Lee, JL Ratchford, MS Ming, RL Al-Kire… - … of Religion and …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
The present study uses a person-centered approach to examine personality profiles of
religious variables and the dark triad traits in relation to intellectual humility, prosociality, and …

Dark triad personality traits are associated with decreased grey matter volumes in 'social brain'structures

A Myznikov, A Korotkov, M Zheltyakova… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Personality traits and the degree of their prominence determine various aspects
of social interactions. Some of the most socially relevant traits constitute the Dark Triad …

The Machiavellian Approach and Avoidance Questionnaire: Further Validation and Evidence of Cross-National Validity

C Blötner, BM Dinić, A Denovan, N Dagnall… - Journal of personality …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Researchers on antagonistic personality traits debate about an appropriate measurement
approach to Machiavellianism. One measure intended to resolve this discourse, the …