Consensus is emerging that the constellation of dark personalities should include the
sadistic personality. To build a four-factor measure, we modified and extended the Short …

Three socially aversive traits—Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy—have been
studied as an overlapping constellation known as the Dark Triad. Here, we develop and …

We review self-report measures of socially aversive personalities. Rather than the clinical or
forensic domains, our focus is on those variables that apply in normal work settings …

Recent research suggests that subclinical sadism should be included in the Dark Triad.
However, research on the assessment of sadism as a trait is lacking. To address this, we …

Abstract The Dark Triad of personality has received considerable attention since its
introduction to the literature. However, this personality configuration has been assumed to …

The Dark Triad is a constellation of three antisocial personality traits: Machiavellianism,
narcissism, and psychopathy. Recently, researchers have introduced a “Dark Tetrad” that …

With this meta-analytic review, we aimed to estimate the relationship that sadistic personality
has with the Dark Triad traits and, secondarily, describe the research on the Dark Tetrad …

Several models have been proposed to explain the overlap in the Dark Triad traits.
Research indicates that the HEXACO model best accounted for the core of these …

Abstract The Dark Triad is a constellation of three socially undesirable personality traits:
narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. Previous research has shown that men …

Abstract The Dark Triad refers to three malevolent personality traits, namely narcissism,
Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. The Dirty Dozen (DD) and Short Dark Triad (SD3) have …