Utility under the Dark Tetrad [PDF]
Journal of Economics Finance and Administrative SciencePurpose – Literature on psychology highlights four traits that shape an amoral and antisocial personality: Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy and sadism. Together, these personality traits form the Dark Tetrad.
Orlando Gomes
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Effect of the Dark Tetrad on Emotional Intelligence [PDF]
Primenjena Psihologija, 2022 The main aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between Dark Tetrad traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy and sadism) and ability emotional intelligence dimensions – self-emotion appraisal, others’ emotion appraisal, use of ...
Katarina Sokić
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The Dark Tetrad and Male Clients of Female Sex Work [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Many scholars have investigated the attitudes, beliefs, motives, and behavior of male clients of female sex workers. However, few have examined individual differences in major dimensions of personality expressed by men who purchase prostitution compared ...
Adam C. Davis +2 more
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Dark Tetrad personality traits, paraphilic interests, and the role of impulsivity: an EEG-study using a Go/No-Go paradigm [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMaladaptive personality traits, such as ‘dark personalities’ are found to result in a diverse set of negative outcomes, including paraphilic interests and associated (illegal) behaviors. It is however unclear how these are exactly related, and if related,
Maria M. Lassche +7 more
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Low level of dark personality traits in transgender people and their relationships with resilience [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryIntroductionIn addition to anxiety disorders and depressive symptoms, transgender people are also shown to have pathological personality profiles. These patterns are due to functioning under chronic stress, exposure to discrimination, victimization, the ...
Agnieszka Mateja, Barbara Gawda
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A multi-study investigation assessing the potential redundancy among the Dark Tetrad using a narrowband trait approach [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWe investigated the putative redundancy of the Dark Tetrad (specifically, Machiavellianism-psychopathy and sadism-psychopathy) through an examination of the differences between correlations with self-reported narrowband personality traits. In addition to
Christopher Marcin Kowalski +6 more
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The Dark Tetrad and Aesthetic Preferences
Primenjena Psihologija, 2021 The role of so-called normal and dark personality traits in everyday preferences, interests, and choices is visible in different domains of life. However, a small number of studies have dealt with individual differences in dark personality traits and ...
Lana Tucaković, Slobodan Marković
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The Dark Side of Humanity Scale: A reconstruction of the Dark Tetrad constructs
Acta Psychologica, 2022 There has been an absence of consideration regarding measurement invariance across males and females in the widely available Dark Tetrad (DT) scales which measure psychopathy, Machiavellianism, narcissism and everyday sadism.
Louise Katz +3 more
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Spiritual well-being and “dark” personality traits: Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionThe study of human well-being and its contributing factors remains a central concern in psychological science. One under-researched area involves the relationship between spiritual well-being—an integrative indicator of health and life ...
Ivan Bakushkin +2 more
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The functioning of individuals with excessive body weight in the context of the Dark Personality Tetrad and psychological resilience [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryIntroductionObesity is a condition with a complex etiology that is highly prevalent in Western societies. A key factor in understanding the psychological mechanisms underlying obesity and in guiding psychotherapeutic interventions is the identification ...
Agnieszka Mateja
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