Altruism and the Dark Triad

Trahair, Cassidy; MacDonald, Kristi Baerg; Furnham, Adrian; Schermer, Julie Aitken

doi:10.5114/cipp.2022.113436

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“…Recently, Dinić et al (2021) reported that each of the dark tetrad dimensions positively correlated with utilitarian decision making in scenarios where an individual had to be sacrificed to save other people. Other than legally enforcing laws with respect to these automobile modifications, the present results suggest that other tactics, such as information campaigns, may not be useful as it is unlikely that those scoring higher on psychopathy and sadism would be swayed by the fact that the modified mufflers may be damaging to others, as researchers have recently reported that the dark personality dimensions are negatively correlated with altruism measures (see Trahair et al, 2022).…”

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A desire for a loud car with a modified muffler is predicted by being a man and higher scores on psychopathy and sadism

Schermer¹

2023

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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BackgroundAlthough people are familiar with loud automobiles, equipped with modified mufflers to increase the volume, it is unclear who is most attracted to these vehicles.Participants and procedureA sample of 529 (52% men) undergraduate business students were surveyed and were asked if they viewed their car as an extension of themselves, how much they thought loud cars were “cool”, and if they would make their car louder with muf-fler modifications. Cronbach’s α of the three car items was .76; therefore an aggregate was generated. Also a self-report measure of the dark tetrad was completed.ResultsUsing linear regression, the car aggregate was predicted by being a man and having higher scores on psychopathy and sad-ism, with the model accounting for approximately 29% of the variance.ConclusionsAs car modifications are illegal in some countries, these findings may be of interest to those heading campaigns to halt these activities.

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A desire for a loud car with a modified muffler is predicted by being a man and higher scores on psychopathy and sadism

Schermer¹

2023

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“…Mohammadzadeh and Ashouri (2018), extraversion is also related to narcissism, presumably because of the tendency of those people with high scores in narcissism to show their greatness as well as their necessity to be accepted, going so far as to perform good deeds for others (Cale, 2006;Raskin & Hall, 1981;Trahair et al, 2022). As anticipated, psychopathy was predicted by high scores in psychoticism, which is a normal result due to the similarity of these two constructs (Mohammadzadeh & Ashouri, 2018;Pineda et al, 2020).…”

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Are the dark personalities sincere? Connections between the Dark Triad and the Big Three

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Pineda,

Rico-Bordera

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BackgroundThere are different theories and models of personality. In the antisocial area, the model used is the Dark Triad, a model of personality composed of the traits of Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism. The links between the Dark Triad and other general models have been widely studied; however, there is little research connecting it with the traditional, but still used, model of personality described by Eysenck (psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism). Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyse the connections between the Dark Triad of personality and Eysenck’s personality model. Addi-tionally, we interpret the connections between the sincerity scale of Eysenck’s model and the Dark Triad.Participants and procedureOur final sample was composed of 2385 participants who completed different personality questionnaires measuring the Dark Triad and Eysenck’s model. Bivariate analyses and structural equation modelling were performed.ResultsNarcissism and Machiavellianism have positive connections with neuroticism and extraversion, whereas psychopathy is positively associated with psychoticism and negatively associated with extraversion. All the Dark Triad traits, mainly Machiavellianism, show the strongest connections with sincerity.ConclusionsConsidering the deceptive and manipulative nature of the Dark Triad, these results would imply that these traits could be mismeasured in some contexts. However, in research conditions those people who score higher on the Dark Tetrad traits do not hide behaviours that tend to be socially undesirable, implying some degree of honesty in their answers. Further efforts to develop more objective measures, such as implicit, indirect, task-based, or forced-choice measures, should be considered.

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“…DT was negatively related to prosociality especially with Machiavellianism being a strong negative predictor of prosocial tendencies and narcissism a predictor of prosocial behavior (Wertag & Bratko, 2019). Another study pointed out that none of the DT traits were related to compassionate altruism; however, controlling for other DT traits and certain demographic variables, narcissism predicted general altruism (Trahair et al, 2022). A study where participants could gamble with another person's bonus in a biased game, highlighted the selfish financial and high-risk behavior among individuals with psychopathy.…”

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confidence: 99%