Dark Triad

While narcissism is typically presented as an unwelcome trait, there may be aspects of narcissism that foster positive educational outcomes. A study published in the journal Learning and Individual Differences found that university students with higher narcissism had higher mental toughness and...

Charisma might be one factor that differentiates so-called "successful" psychopaths from their unsuccessful counterparts, according to new research published in the Journal of Research in Personality.

According to findings published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, men with greater disinhibition and meanness — two maladaptive psychopathic traits — have female partners with lower relationship and sexual satisfaction.

Those high in vulnerable narcissism and Machiavellianism are more likely to present a contrived self-image on Instagram, according to new research published in the journal Telematics and Informatics. The findings provide evidence that some dark triad traits are related to...

New research provides evidence that individuals who scored higher in non-clinical psychopathy were more willing to take risks with other people's lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, which was conducted during the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in the United...

A study published in the journal of Personality and Individual Differences found that Machiavellianism, primary psychopathy, and collective narcissism positively predicted belief in COVID-19 conspiracies. Further, COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs explained the negative relationship between these dark personality traits and the...

Impulse control and the ability to suppress aggression helps ‘successful’ psychopaths blend in with society, according to a study published in Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. The longitudinal study was conducted among adolescent offenders and found that youth with...

New research provides evidence that the willingness hurt others to advance oneself is the dominant feature that characterizes those with heightened levels of Dark Triad traits. The new findings appear in the journal Current Psychology. The Dark Triad refers to...

New research sheds light on the structure of Dark Triad traits -- a cluster of intertwined personality characteristics comprised of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. The findings, which appear in Personality and Individual Differences, suggest that these personality traits contain several...

"Individuals high on dark personality traits whose group was deprived were on average most supportive of political violence and most willing to engage in it. This means that both perception of context and individual dispositions have a role in radicalization."

New research has found that some "dark" personality traits are associated with religious and paranormal belief. The study, published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, sheds light on how different types of personalities are related to different types of supernatural...

New research casts doubt on the idea that same-sex sexual attraction evolved as a consequence of increased sociability in humans and other animals. The study, published in Personality and Individual Differences, used data from an international survey with more than...

Manipulative individuals who endorse the belief that "the ends justify the means" are more likely to endorse technology that allows a person to upload their human consciousness into a machine, according to new research published in Personality and Individual Differences....

Moral decision-making during a COVID-19 pandemic appears to be affected by dark personality traits, masculine honor beliefs, and the belief in pure good and evil, according to new research published in Personality and Individual Differences. The findings suggest that particular...

Machiavellian and psychopathic personality traits are associated with the endorsement of conceptions of happiness that undermine well-being, according to new research published in Frontiers in Psychology. But narcissistic personality traits are associated with the endorsement of conceptions of happiness that...