Dark Triad

A recent study published in Dreaming explored the link between dark personality traits and dream content. The study found that individuals with these traits are more likely to experience dreams containing elements of aggression, sexuality, and grandiosity, reinforcing the idea...

A recent study in Psychological Science discovered a positive correlation between agentic narcissism and testosterone levels in men. While agentic narcissism (associated with assertiveness and feelings of superiority) was found to relate to elevated testosterone levels, antagonistic and neurotic narcissism...

A new study published in the journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy examined physical, emotional, and malevolent infidelity as they relate to gender and the Dark Tetrad of personality. Results revealed that while narcissism predicted emotional infidelity, high sadism and gender...

A recent longitudinal study involving married couples in China found that a higher quality of marriage could reduce signs of psychopathy in both partners. The quality of their verbal communication may play a crucial role in this. The study was...

Younger adults are more likely to show signs of narcissism, while older adults tend to have lower levels of it, according to a comprehensive new study that included more than 250,000 participants. The findings, published in the Journal of Personality...

A recent study published in Psychological Reports found that individuals with dark personality traits, particularly narcissism and psychopathy, sometimes use the label of being a "highly sensitive person" as a manipulative tactic to influence others and gain advantages. The research...

New research provides evidence that grandiose and vulnerable narcissism play different roles in shaping attitudes toward infidelity within couples. In particular, women's favorability towards infidelity was found to be tied to their own grandiose and vulnerable narcissism and their partner's...

New research reveals that individuals with high psychopathic traits are more likely to prioritize greater overall benefit in moral dilemmas, even if it involves harm to others. The study, encompassing multiple measures of psychopathy, indicates that these individuals exhibit lower...

In a new study published in Current Psychology, researchers found that men with higher narcissism levels reported using more strategies to improve their own and others' emotions compared to female narcissists. The findings shed light on how gender influences the...

New research published in Biological Psychology explores the relationship between psychopathic fearlessness and low defensive cardiac reactivity. According to the new findings, women with high scores in the psychopathic trait of fearlessness tend to exhibit reduced heart rate changes when...

A news study has found that when leaders have heightened levels of the psychopathic trait known as dispositional meanness and are in positions that give them lots of power, their teams tend to perform worse. Teams under dispositionally mean leaders...

An analysis of data from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development study, a large longitudinal study in New Zealand, showed that participants with a history of antisocial behavior had a significantly faster pace of biological aging. When these individuals reached...

The interest in narcissism has surged, as evident from the increasing Google searches for "narcissist," but the search for "types of narcissists" yields inconsistent results. While there are two main types of trait narcissism—grandiose and vulnerable—pop psychology articles have created...

Different aspects of psychopathy are associated with different forms of aggression, according to new research published in Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. The study also found that desiring power is associated with more physical aggression. The findings provide insights...

A study published in Personality and Individual Differences found that subordinates tend to be most satisfied with leaders who display a moderate level of narcissism, suggesting an inverted U-shaped relationship between leader grandiose narcissism and follower satisfaction. While a small...