Exploring Substance Abuse and the Dark Tetrad in Health Sciences and Non-Health Sciences Students [PDF]
Behavioral Sciences, 2023 Substance abuse can be used as a coping strategy to manage stress related to academic activities and is a risk-taking behavior that is also associated with people with higher levels of the Dark Tetrad personality traits.
Marina Carvalho de Lima Moraes +5 more
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Dark tetrad personality traits also play a role in bullying victimization [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Bullying refers to physical and/or psychological mistreatment or abuse by one individual or group toward another individual or group. Bullying is widespread in our society and carries considerable negative consequences.
David Pineda +5 more
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Development and validation of Chinese form Short Dark Tetrad (C-SD4) [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 The Short Dark Tetrad (SD4) was developed as a brief measure of the Dark Tetrad, which comprises narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism.
Yuping Liu +4 more
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Bringing Light Into the Dark: Associations of Fire Interest and Fire Setting With the Dark Tetrad [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Fire setting is a significant problem for society, costing many human lives and causing great property damage. One important risk factor of fire setting observed in forensic samples is fire interest.
Caroline Wehner +3 more
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Do Dark Humour Users Have Dark Tendencies? Relationships between Dark Humour, the Dark Tetrad, and Online Trolling [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesHumour and antisocial behaviour on the internet are under-researched. Online spaces have opened a gateway for new ways to express unrestrained humour (e.g., dark humour) and ways to behave antisocially (e.g., online trolling).
Sophie Voisey, Sonja Heintz
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Dark Tetrad and workplace deviance: Investigating the moderating role of organizational justice perceptions [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 This study tested the direct effects of Dark Tetrad traits on organizational and interpersonal counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs). We also examined the moderating effects of the three dimensions of organizational justice – distributive justice ...
Elena Fernández-del-Río +2 more
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The mediating role of emotional regulation strategies in the relationship between the dark tetrad of personality and anxious–depressive symptomatology [PDF]
BMC PsychologyEmotional regulation is crucial for psychological well-being, influencing how individuals manage their emotions and adapt their behavior in various situations.
Manuel Galán +3 more
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Dark Tetrad personality traits and attitudes supportive of vindictive rape: mediating role of empathy [PDF]
BJPsych OpenBackground Research on gender-based violence has shown the influence of Dark Tetrad personality traits (i.e. Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy and sadism) on the development and perpetuation of sexist attitudes and cognitions that justify or ...
Sara Veggi +6 more
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Troll story: The dark tetrad and online trolling revisited with a glance at humor. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Internet trolling is considered a negative form of online interaction that can have detrimental effects on people's well-being. This pre-registered, experimental study had three aims: first, to replicate the association between internet users' online ...
Sara Alida Volkmer +3 more
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The role of personality traits and moral disengagement in academic dishonesty: An analysis of the big five and the dark tetrad. [PDF]
PLoS ONEAcademic dishonesty - the inclination to cheat, falsify and plagiarise in the academic environment - is a growing concern in society, influenced by multiple psychological factors.
Julia Sánchez-García +3 more
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