Role of Aggression and Empathy in the Dark Triad of Personality

Research has documented substantial individual differences in the proclivity for honesty or dishonesty and that personality traits meaningfully account for variations in honesty–dishonesty. Research also shows important situational variation related to deception, as situations can motivate or discourage dishonest behaviors. The current experiment examines personality and situational influences on honesty–dishonesty in tandem, arguing that their effects may not be additive. Participants ( N = 114) engaged in an experimental task providing the opportunity to cheat for tangible gain. The situation varied to encourage or discourage cheating. Participants completed the HEXACO-100 and the Dark Triad of Personality scales. Both situational variation and personality dimensions predicted honesty–dishonesty, but the effects of personality were not uniform across situations. These results were also supported using public data from an independent, multilab sample ( N = 5,757). We outline how these results inform our understanding of deception, situational influences, and the role of disposition in honesty.

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Leader dark personality and team agreeableness: a recipe for volatile team performance

Team Performance Management ◽

10.1108/tpm-07-2020-0059 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Nishant Uppal

Keyword(s):

Team Performance ◽

Dark Triad ◽

Team Leaders ◽

Content Type ◽

Team Members ◽

Sales Team ◽

Performance Variability ◽

The Relationship ◽

Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to examine the effects of the leaders’ dark triad (DT) personality traits, namely, Machiavellianism, Narcissism and Psychopathy, on the team performance variability. Furthermore, this work explores the role of team agreeableness in the above relationship. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on the longitudinal and archival data obtained from the sales team (team leaders: n = 190; team members: n = 832) of 19 firms dealing with fast-moving consumer goods in India. Findings From the finding of the study, it can be inferred that the presence of DT traits in the leaders causes high fluctuations in team performance. Besides, team agreeableness was found to moderate the relationship between the DT traits of the leaders and the team performance variability. Originality/value The theoretical and practical implications of the study are also discussed.

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The Dark Triad of personality and utilitarian moral judgment: The mediating role of Honesty/Humility and Harm/Care

Personality and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/j.paid.2013.12.026 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 67 ◽

pp. 11-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

Hakim Djeriouat ◽

Bastien Trémolière

Keyword(s):

Moral Judgment ◽

Dark Triad ◽

Mediating Role

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Person–Group Dissimilarity in Personality and Peer Victimization

European Journal of Personality ◽

10.1002/per.2105 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 220-233 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Savannah Boele ◽

Jelle J. Sijtsema ◽

Theo A. Klimstra ◽

Jaap J.A. Denissen ◽

Wim H.J. Meeus ◽

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Keyword(s):

Peer Victimization ◽

Big Five ◽

Mixed Models ◽

Dark Triad ◽

Polynomial Equations ◽

Personality Profiles ◽

Personality Psychology ◽

Classroom Norms ◽

Subsequent Response

The present study examined the role of person–group dissimilarity in personality in peer victimization. It was hypothesized that adolescents who show more deviation from the classroom norm in personality experience more peer victimization. Data from 1108 adolescents (48% boys; Mage = 13.56 years, SD = 1.13) from 54 classrooms were used to test this hypothesis. Data included measurements of self–reported and bully–disclosed victimization and Big Five and Dark Triad personality traits. Results of generalized linear mixed models including polynomial equations and subsequent response surface analyses partly supported our hypothesis. Person–group dissimilarity in the shape of personality profiles was related to more bully–disclosed victimization, but not to self–reported victimization. Dissimilarity in neuroticism and Machiavellianism was related to both more self–reported and bully–disclosed victimization. Dissimilarity in extraversion, openness to experience, and psychopathy was only related to more self–reported victimization. Unexpectedly, dissimilarity in agreeableness was related to less self–reported victimization. Moreover, our results also indicated that certain levels of congruent person–group combinations in agreeableness, neuroticism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy were related to more peer victimization. Overall, findings of this study emphasize the importance of considering classroom norms in relation to peer victimization. Copyright © 2017 European Association of Personality Psychology

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Image Based Sexual Abuse proclivity and victim blaming: The role of dark personality traits and moral disengagement

Oñati Socio-legal Series ◽

10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1213 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 1179-1197

Author(s):

Afroditi Pina ◽

Alisha Bell ◽

Kimberley Griffin ◽

Eduardo Vasquez

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Sexual Abuse ◽

Moral Disengagement ◽

Dark Triad ◽

Victim Blaming ◽

Personality Profile ◽

Preliminary Validation ◽

English Speaking ◽

Image Based Sexual Abuse

Image Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) denotes the creation, distribution, and/or threat of distribution of intimate images of another person online without their consent. The present study aims to extend emerging research on perpetration of IBSA with the development and preliminary validation for the moral disengagement in IBSA scale, while also examining the role of the dark triad, sadism, and sexism in a person’s likelihood to perpetrate IBSA. One hundred and twenty English speaking participants (76 women, 44 men; mean age=33 years) were recruited via social media. Machiavellianism and psychopathy were found to predict IBSA proclivity, whilst rivalry narcissism predicted greater feelings of excitement and amusement towards IBSA. Moral disengagement predicted IBSA proclivity and blaming the victim. It was also positively related to greater feelings of amusement and excitement towards IBSA. This suggests a distinct personality profile of IBSA perpetrators, and that moral disengagement mechanisms play a role in facilitating and reinforcing this behaviour.

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