The malevolent side of human nature: A meta-analysis and critical review of the literature on the dark triad (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy)

P Muris, H Merckelbach, H Otgaar… - Perspectives on …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The term dark triad refers to the constellation of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and
psychopathy. Over the past few years, the concept has gained momentum, with many …

Unpacking “evil”: Claiming the core of the Dark Triad

A Book, BA Visser, AA Volk - Personality and Individual Differences, 2015 - Elsevier
Understanding the nature of “evil” has been challenging for a number of reasons. A
productive psychological approach to this problem has been to study antisocial traits …

The dark core of personality.

M Moshagen, BE Hilbig, I Zettler - Psychological review, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Many negatively connoted personality traits (often termed “dark traits”) have been introduced
to account for ethically, morally, and socially questionable behavior. Herein, we provide a …

The light vs. dark triad of personality: Contrasting two very different profiles of human nature

SB Kaufman, DB Yaden, E Hyde… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
While there is a growing literature on “dark traits”(ie, socially aversive traits), there has been
a lack of integration with the burgeoning research literature on positive traits and fulfilling …

Effect of narcissism, psychopathy, and machiavellianism on entrepreneurial intention—the mediating of entrepreneurial self-efficacy

W Wu, H Wang, C Zheng, YJ Wu - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The driving factors behind the exploration and search for entrepreneurial intention (EI) are
critical to entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial practice. To reveal in depth the …

Duplicity among the dark triad: Three faces of deceit.

DN Jones, DL Paulhus - Journal of personality and social …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Although all 3 of the Dark Triad members are predisposed to engage in exploitative
interpersonal behavior, their motivations and tactics vary. Here we explore their distinctive …

The emotional deficits associated with the Dark Triad traits: Cognitive empathy, affective empathy, and alexithymia

PK Jonason, L Krause - Personality and individual Differences, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Volunteers (N= 322) in an online survey revealed the complex correlational
patterns between the Dark Triad traits and two forms of “emotional deficiencies”(ie, limited …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of the dark triad on the relationship between entrepreneurial attitude orientation and entrepreneurial intention: A study among students in …

BR Do, A Dadvari - Asia Pacific Management Review, 2017 - Elsevier
Entrepreneurial attitude orientation refers to an individual's attitude to start a new venture,
such as innovativeness, risk-taking, need for achievement, self-confidence, and locus of …

The Dark Triad and risk behavior

LC Crysel, BS Crosier, GD Webster - Personality and individual differences, 2013 - Elsevier
The Dark Triad traits—Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy—are theorized to
facilitate short-term, exploitative social tactics. Thus, the Dark Triad traits should be positively …

Unpacking more “evil”: What is at the core of the dark tetrad?

A Book, BA Visser, J Blais, A Hosker-Field… - Personality and …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …