Antagonism and Dark Triad (Core) : A facet level examination

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujit Sekhar Maharana
Keyword(s):  
Business School ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Partial Support ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
Shared Variance ◽  
Variance Structure ◽  
Dark Core

Due to the growing importance of Antagonism as the dark core, we examined facet level associations between the antagonistic facets of deceitfulness, manipulation, and grandiosity with the dark triad. A sample pool of 270 prospective managers (Mage = 25.7 yrs., SDage = 3.2 years) from a leading business school of India was selected for the study. It was hypothesised that the facets of antagonism possess a shared variance structure among them (hypothesis 1), machiavellianism will be significantly explained by deceitfulness and manipulation (hypothesis 2), psychopathy will be significantly explained by deceitfulness and manipulation (hypothesis 3), and narcissism will be significantly explained by grandiosity and manipulation (hypothesis 4). Complete support was found for all the hypotheses except hypothesis 1, which received partial support. It was concluded that while each of the antagonistic facets have their unique role to play in individually they can’t account for the dark core.

scholarly journals The Antagonistic Dark Core

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujit Sekhar Maharana
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Business School ◽  
Predictive Ability ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Common Variance ◽  
Primary Psychopathy ◽  
Relative Ability ◽  
Commonality Analysis ◽  
Suppressor Variable ◽  
Dark Core

The dark core represents the commonalities across the dark triad (Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy). This study contributes to the dark core literature by examining Antagonism as the prime member accounting for the dark core and tests its relative ability in explaining the dark core as compared to other such factors namely, Primary Psychopathy, Honesty-Humility and Agreeableness. A pool of 270 prospective managers (157 males, 113 females, Mage = 25.7 yrs., SDage = 3.2 years) from a leading business school of India were selected for this study. The obtained data was subjected to Hierarchical Linear Regression, Relative Weights Analysis and Commonality Analysis in a bid to flesh out unique and common variance attributed to each predictor for comparing the ability of Antagonism in explaining the dark core in relation to other variables. Antagonism was found to outperform other predictors in accounting for the dark core and explaining variance associated with Narcissism. Honesty-Humility was found to be acting as a suppressor variable, thus increasing the predictive ability of Antagonism and Primary Psychopathy in accounting for the dark core. In short, dark traited people are antagonistic at core.

The "Core" of the Dark Triad: A test of competing hypotheses

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Vize ◽  
Donald Lynam ◽  
Katherine Collison ◽  
Josh Miller
Keyword(s):  
Dark Triad ◽  
The Core ◽  
Large Samples ◽  
Parsimonious Explanation ◽  
Shared Variance ◽  
Competing Hypotheses ◽  
Callous Affect

As research on the Dark Triad (DT; the interrelated constructs of Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) has accumulated, a subset of this research has focused on explicating what traits may account for the overlap among the DT members. Various candidate traits have been investigated, with evidence supporting several of them including Antagonism (vs. Agreeableness), Honesty-Humility, and Callousness and Interpersonal Manipulation (the latter two as a set). The present study sought to test the leading candidates against one another in their ability to account for the shared variance among the DT members. Using a pre-registered analytical plan, we found that Agreeableness (as measured by the IPIP-NEO-120), Honesty-Humility from the HEXACO, and the SRP-III subscales of Callous Affect and Interpersonal Manipulation accounted for all or nearly all of the shared variance among the DT members. BFI-based measures of Agreeableness (BFI and BFI-2) accounted for notably less variance in most cases. The results were consistent across two large samples (Ns of 627 and 628), and across various DT measurement approaches. We argue that the most parsimonious explanation for findings on the core of the DT is that such traits all fall under the umbrella of Antagonism.

Malevolent Forces

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Paul Wright ◽  
Mark Alden Morgan ◽  
Pedro R. Almeida ◽  
Nora F. Almosaed ◽  
Sameera S. Moghrabi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Triad ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Negative Outcomes ◽  
Potent Predictor ◽  
Violent Delinquency ◽  
Low Self Control ◽  
Dark Core

The Dark Triad is represented by three interrelated personality characteristics thought to share a “dark core”—that is, to be associated with a range of negative outcomes. We investigate this link alongside another potent predictor of crime, low self-control. Our analyses found the Dark Triad was strongly predictive of delinquency, especially violent delinquency, where it accounted for the effects of self-control. Yet it exerted no significant effect on drug-based delinquency. However, an interaction between the Dark Triad and low self-control remained substantive and predictive across all models, where low self-control amplified the effects of the Dark Triad on delinquency.

More or less than the sum of its parts? Mapping the Dark Triad of personality onto a single Dark Core

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 140-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Bertl ◽  
Jakob Pietschnig ◽  
Ulrich S. Tran ◽  
Stefan Stieger ◽  
Martin Voracek
Keyword(s):  
Dark Triad ◽  
Dark Core

scholarly journals All the Dark Triad and Some of the Big Five Traits are Visible in the Face

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinan Alper ◽  
Fatih Bayrak ◽  
Onurcan Yilmaz
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Partial Support ◽  
Adaptive Trait ◽  
Aggregate Analysis ◽  
Big Five Traits ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Face ◽  
Source Of Information

Some of the recent studies suggested that people can make accurate inferences about the level of the Big Five and the Dark Triad personality traits in strangers by only looking at their faces. However, later findings provided only partial support and the evidence is mixed regarding which traits can be accurately inferred from faces. In the current research, to provide further evidence on whether the Big Five and the Dark Triad traits are visible in the face, we report three studies, two of which were preregistered, conducted on both WEIRD (the US American) and non-WEIRD (Turkish) samples (N = 880). The participants in both US American and Turkish samples were successful in predicting all Dark Triad personality traits by looking at a stranger’s face. However, there were mixed results regarding the Big Five traits. An aggregate analysis of the combined dataset demonstrated that extraversion (only female), agreeableness, and conscientiousness were accurately inferred by the participants in addition to the Dark Triad traits. Overall, the results suggest that inferring personality from faces without any concrete source of information would be an evolutionarily adaptive trait.

“I'll teach you differences”: Taxometric analysis of the Dark Triad, trait sadism, and the Dark Core of personality

2018 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich S. Tran ◽  
Bianca Bertl ◽  
Michael Kossmeier ◽  
Jakob Pietschnig ◽  
Stefan Stieger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Triad ◽  
Taxometric Analysis ◽  
Dark Core

The "Core" of the Dark Triad: A test of competing hypotheses

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Vize ◽  
Donald Lynam ◽  
Katherine Collison ◽  
Josh Miller
Keyword(s):  
Dark Triad ◽  
The Core ◽  
Large Samples ◽  
Parsimonious Explanation ◽  
Shared Variance ◽  
Competing Hypotheses ◽  
Callous Affect

As research on the Dark Triad (DT; the interrelated constructs of Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) has accumulated, a subset of this research has focused on explicating what traits may account for the overlap among the DT members. Various candidate traits have been investigated, with evidence supporting several of them including Antagonism (vs. Agreeableness), Honesty-Humility, and Callousness and Interpersonal Manipulation (the latter two as a set). The present study sought to test the leading candidates against one another in their ability to account for the shared variance among the DT members. Using a pre-registered analytical plan, we found that Agreeableness (as measured by the IPIP-NEO-120), Honesty-Humility from the HEXACO, and the SRP-III subscales of Callous Affect and Interpersonal Manipulation accounted for all or nearly all of the shared variance among the DT members. BFI-based measures of Agreeableness (BFI and BFI-2) accounted for notably less variance in most cases. The results were consistent across two large samples (Ns of 627 and 628), and across various DT measurement approaches. We argue that the most parsimonious explanation for findings on the core of the DT is that such traits all fall under the umbrella of Antagonism.

scholarly journals THE DARK TETRAD OF PERSONALITY: REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH

2021 ◽  
pp. 222-235
Author(s):  
Fedor V. Derish ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Empathy ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Psychological Suffering ◽  
Dark Core

Recent studies of socially aversive (negative) personality traits have focused on the expansion of different concepts and models. As a result, there emerged the Dark Tetrad personality model (which includes Machiavellianism, subclinical psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism). The paper provides a review of current works on the Dark Tetrad of personality. According to recent research, everyday sadism is a personality trait characterized by a tendency to purposefully humiliate people, causing physical, sexual or psychological suffering for the sake of pleasure. Similar manifestations of everyday sadism and the Dark Triad are antisocial behavior in everyday life and on the Internet. Everyday sadism is the best predictor of various features: deviant behavior in adolescents, affective and cognitive empathy, unprovoked aggression, bullying, cyberbullying, and counterproductive work behavior. Sadism and psychopathy have the «darkest» properties. In general, the results of the studies demonstrate that (1) sadism leads to greater stability of the Dark Tetrad as a complex of personality traits, (2) all of the «dark» properties overlap empirically and theoretically, and (3) the Dark Core is described by empathy deficit (callousness) and manipulativeness rather than other characteristics (e.g. Factor 1 of psychopathy).

Meiotic CENP-C is a shepherd: bridging the space between the centromere and the kinetochore in time and space

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-261
Author(s):  
Jessica E. Fellmeth ◽  
Kim S. McKim
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Early Prophase ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
Kinetochore Assembly ◽  
M Phase ◽  
In Vivo Analysis ◽  
Meiosis I

Abstract While many of the proteins involved in the mitotic centromere and kinetochore are conserved in meiosis, they often gain a novel function due to the unique needs of homolog segregation during meiosis I (MI). CENP-C is a critical component of the centromere for kinetochore assembly in mitosis. Recent work, however, has highlighted the unique features of meiotic CENP-C. Centromere establishment and stability require CENP-C loading at the centromere for CENP-A function. Pre-meiotic loading of proteins necessary for homolog recombination as well as cohesion also rely on CENP-C, as do the main scaffolding components of the kinetochore. Much of this work relies on new technologies that enable in vivo analysis of meiosis like never before. Here, we strive to highlight the unique role of this highly conserved centromere protein that loads on to centromeres prior to M-phase onset, but continues to perform critical functions through chromosome segregation. CENP-C is not merely a structural link between the centromere and the kinetochore, but also a functional one joining the processes of early prophase homolog synapsis to late metaphase kinetochore assembly and signaling.

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