Self‐worth and politics: the distinctive roles of self‐esteem and narcissism

A Cichocka, M Marchlewska, A Cislak - Political Psychology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
One of the classic questions in political psychology has been whether feelings of self‐worth
are relevant for politics. In this review, we summarize seven decades of research attempting …

Antiheroes fueled by injustice: dark personality traits and perceived group relative deprivation in the prediction of violent extremism

T Pavlović, R Franc - Behavioral sciences of terrorism and political …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Despite multiple studies providing evidence of subjective inequality and dark personality
traits as predictors of extremism, their interactive effect on extremism has not been studied …

Why dark personalities participate in politics?

M Rogoza, M Marchlewska, D Szczepańska - Personality and Individual …, 2022 - Elsevier
Literature provides mixed results concerning how the Dark Triad traits are related to political
activities. Within the current paper, we aim to address some of the existing limitations and …

When the sun goes down: Low political knowledge and high national narcissism predict climate change conspiracy beliefs

P Michalski, M Marchlewska, P Górska… - The Journal of Social …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The present research empirically examines the links between political knowledge, national
narcissism, and climate change conspiracy beliefs. National narcissism (ie, an unrealistic …

Personality, political ideology, and partisanship in Canada.

J Blais, LR Mungall, S Pruysers - Canadian Journal of Behavioural …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Les traits de personnalité permettent de prédire de façon fiable l'idéologie politique et la
partisanerie dans le monde entier, mais les études portant sur ces relations chez les …

A justified bad reputation after all? Dark personality traits and populist attitudes in comparative perspective

N Hofstetter, M Filsinger - Electoral Studies, 2024 - Elsevier
Although scholars have extensively studied populism in recent years, the empirical
exploration of dispositional or personality underpinnings of populist attitudes is still in its …

Party people: Differentiating the associations of partisan identification and partisan narcissism with political skill, integrity, and party dedication

B Gronfeldt, A Cislak, M Wyatt… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated outcomes associated with different types of partisan identity in a sample of
political candidates for parliament and local offices (N= 214). We distinguished partisan …

A persuadable type? Personality traits, dissonant information, and political persuasion

A Nai, Y Schemeil, C Valli - International Journal of Communication, 2023 - ijoc.org
Is there anything like a “persuadable type” when it comes to exposure to dissonant
information? Who is more likely to be swayed by information that tries to persuade them …

The dark authoritarians: Profiling the personality, emotional style, and authoritarian attitudes of the major American parties

RT Bird, HK Hickey, MJ Leavitt, JL Robinson - Personality and Individual …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many are concerned that authoritarianism is increasing across the political spectrum. In the
current study, we investigated the extent to which dark personality variables (ie …

The dark is rising: Contrasting the dark triad and light triad on measures of political ambition and participation

RD Peterson, CL Palmer - Frontiers in Political Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A growing body of research suggests a significant relationship between dark personality
traits and political behavior. While the personality characteristics of Machiavellianism …