Assessing Sexual Sadism in Sexual Homicide Offenders Using Behavioural Dimensional Scales, Typological Approaches, and Categorical Diagnoses [PDF]
Sexual OffendingSexual sadism has been central to conceptualizing sexual homicide typologically, diagnostically, and behaviourally. Although about a third of cases involve sexual sadism, its reliable ascertainment is challenging, which is concerning given consequences ...
Lara Consigliere +4 more
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Adaptiveness of dark personalities: psychopathy and sadism have opposite associations with fertility [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyAnalyzing the links between behavioral traits and fertility is a pivotal step toward understanding their current adaptiveness and the potential regimes of natural selection acting upon them. In this study, we examined associations between the Dark Tetrad
Janko Međedović, Ivana Hromatko
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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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What’s God Got to Do With It? The Relationship Between Religion, Sadism, and Masochism [PDF]
Sexual OffendingAlthough “BDSM” (i.e., bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, and masochism) has become increasingly present in popular media in recent years, much remains unknown about the etiology and correlates of BDSM.
Brooke Davis +2 more
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Self-Construal as a Predictor of Antagonistic Personality Traits [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesSelf-construal refers to how individuals perceive themselves relative to others and includes dimensions of independence and interdependence. To understand antagonistic personality traits of Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism, we ...
Bonnie Simpson, Julie Aitken Schermer
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Assessing the Agonistic Continuum Scale as a Measure of Sexual Sadism in a Sample of Community Members and BDSM Practitioners [PDF]
Sexual OffendingSexual sadism refers to a sexual preference for fantasies and behaviours involving the infliction of humiliation, degradation, and suffering onto others.
Myles Davidson, Jay Healey
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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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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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Sadism and Personality Disorders. [PDF]
Curr Psychiatry Rep, 2023 Abstract Purpose of Review Sadistic pleasure—the enjoyment of harm-infliction to others—can have devastating interpersonal and societal consequences. The goal of the current review is to illuminate the nomological net of traits related to sadism.
Lobbestael J, Slaoui G, Gollwitzer M.
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Examining motivational profiles in the dark personality tetrad using an approach-avoidance conflict task. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe present studies evaluated motives associated with the Dark Tetrad traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism) using a computerized approach-avoidance conflict task (AACT).
Luke B J Regehr +2 more
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