Considering sadism in the shadow of the Dark Triad traits: A meta-analytic review of the Dark Tetrad

B Bonfá-Araujo, AR Lima-Costa, N Hauck-Filho… - Personality and …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

In search of boredom: Beyond a functional account

J Danckert, A Elpidorou - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Boredom has been characterized as a crisis of meaning, a failure of attention, and a call to
action. Yet as a self-regulatory signal writ-large, we are still left with the question of what …

A psychologically rich life: Beyond happiness and meaning.

S Oishi, EC Westgate - Psychological Review, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Psychological science has typically conceptualized a good life in terms of either hedonic or
eudaimonic well-being. We propose that psychological richness is another, neglected …

Lost by definition: Why boredom matters for psychology and society

EC Westgate, B Steidle - Social and Personality Psychology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Long overlooked, boredom has drawn increasing attention across multiple subfields of
psychology (including clinical, developmental, educational, cognitive, and industrial …

Shedding light on the Light Triad: Further evidence on structural, construct, and predictive validity of the Light Triad

P Lukić, M Živanović - Personality and Individual Differences, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The concept of Light Triad composed of Faith in Humanity, Humanism, and
Kantianism, which describes loving and beneficent orientation towards others has been …

Do humans prefer cognitive effort over doing nothing?

R Wu, AM Ferguson, M Inzlicht - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Humans and other animals find mental (and physical) effort aversive and have the
fundamental drive to avoid it. However, doing nothing is also aversive. Here, we ask whether …

The hot and the cold in destructive leadership: Modeling the role of arousal in explaining leader antecedents and follower consequences of abusive supervision …

F Emmerling, C Peus… - Organizational …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Due to its devastating consequences, research needs to theoretically and empirically
disentangle different sub-types of destructive leadership. Based on concepts derived from …

How regulatory focus–mode fit impacts variety‐seeking

T Pham, F Mathmann, HS Jin… - Journal of Consumer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Variety‐seeking research has examined antecedents in terms of contextual factors and
individual differences. However, it does not consider the interaction of individual difference …

Boredom proneness is associated with noisy decision-making, not risk-taking

O Yakobi, J Danckert - Experimental brain research, 2021 - Springer
Previous research shows that individuals who tend to get bored frequently and intensely—
the highly boredom prone—are more likely to engage in risky behaviors. However, these …

Self-compassion predicts less boredom: The role of meaning in life

MK O'Dea, ER Igou, WAP van Tilburg… - Personality and Individual …, 2022 - Elsevier
Boredom is a prevalent experience linked to negative psychological and societal outcomes.
Building on the notion that sources of meaning in life can mitigate boredom, we examined …