The Exploitive Mating Strategy of the Dark Triad Traits: Tests of Rape-Enabling Attitudes

Jonason, Peter K.; Girgis, Mary; Milne-Home, Josephine

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“…For example, this is demonstrated in sexual aggression, such that each trait is linked to sexual coercion (Figueredo, Gladden, Sisco, Patch, & Jones, 2015) and rape-enabling attitudes (Jonason, Girgis, & Milne-Home, 2017), although it appears narcissism might play a particularly weak role when sufficiently isolated (Jonason, 2015a). For example, this is demonstrated in sexual aggression, such that each trait is linked to sexual coercion (Figueredo, Gladden, Sisco, Patch, & Jones, 2015) and rape-enabling attitudes (Jonason, Girgis, & Milne-Home, 2017), although it appears narcissism might play a particularly weak role when sufficiently isolated (Jonason, 2015a).…”

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“…It has been suggested that the Dark Triad traits reflect a meaningful and evolutionary relevant latent construct (Jonason et al, 2009), and idea that has received support from overseas researchers (Bertl, Pietschnig, Tran, Stieger, & Voracek, 2017) and those parsing the shared and unique variance using structural equation modelling in relation to important outcomes like sexual assault (Figueredo et al, 2015;Jonason, Girgis, & Milne-Home, 2017). This has both conceptual and measurement implications.…”

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“…These aggressive dispositions play out in various important areas of life. For example, this is demonstrated in sexual aggression, such that each trait is linked to sexual coercion (Figueredo, Gladden, Sisco, Patch, & Jones, 2015) and rape-enabling attitudes (Jonason, Girgis, & Milne-Home, 2017), although it appears narcissism might play a particularly weak role when sufficiently isolated (Jonason, 2015a). In men, the Dark Triad traits are associated with tactics of seductive persuasion for sexual access, and of the Dark Triad traits, psychopathy is the most strongly related to aggressive, forceful, and manipulative tactics for sexual access (Jones & Olderbak, 2014).…”

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“…This has both conceptual and measurement implications. It has been suggested that the Dark Triad traits reflect a meaningful and evolutionary relevant latent construct (Jonason et al, 2009), and idea that has received support from overseas researchers (Bertl, Pietschnig, Tran, Stieger, & Voracek, 2017) and those parsing the shared and unique variance using structural equation modelling in relation to important outcomes like sexual assault (Figueredo et al, 2015;Jonason, Girgis, & Milne-Home, 2017). However, recent evidence has also claimed there might not even be three traits but, merely a combined Machiavellianism and psychopathy factor with narcissism standing alone for both the SD3 and the DD measures (Kajonius, Persson, Rosenberg, & Garcia, 2016;Persson, Kajonius, & Garcia, 2017).…”

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“…For instance, psychopathy is sensitive to provocation whereas Machiavellianism is not (Jones & Paulhus, 2010); Machiavellianism is associated with the use of 'hard' and 'soft' tactics of manipulation, whereas psychopathy is only associated with 'hard' tactics (Jonason, Slomski, & Partyka, 2012); and Machiavellianism is unrelated to relationship motives whereas psychopathy is (Jonason, Luévano, & Adams, 2012). Indeed, it is an essential task that researchers partial related variance in all three of the Dark Triad traits to ascertain what is correlated with the shared variance and what is uniquely linked to each trait (Figueredo et al, 2015;Jonason, Girgis, & Milne-Home, 2017). In addition, it is true that there is content lost for both the SD3 and the DD, as would be expected because their designers intended to make a unified and efficient measure of all three traits.…”

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This article focuses on the characteristics of sexually violent men who have not been convicted of a crime. The objective of this study was to test the four key interrelated pillars of the Confluence Model. The first key pillar posits the interaction of Hostile Masculinity and Impersonal Sex as core risk predictors. The second pillar entails a “mediated structure” wherein the impact of more general risk factors is mediated via those specific to aggression against women. The third pillar comprises a single latent factor underlying various types of sexual violence. The fourth pillar expands the core model by including the secondary risk factors of lower empathy, peer support, extreme pornography use, and participation in alcohol parties. An ethnically diverse sample of 1,148 male students from 13 U.S. colleges and universities completed a comprehensive survey that assessed the hypothesized risk factors and self‐reported sexual violence, which included noncontact sexual offenses, contact sexual coercion, and contact sexual aggression. A series of multiple regression analyses were conducted before testing structural equation models. The results supported the integration of the four pillars within a single expanded empirical model that accounted for 49% of the variance of sexual violence. This study yielded data supporting all four key pillars. These findings provide information about non‐redudant risk factors that can be used to develop screening tools, group‐based and individually tailored psychoeducational and treatment interventions.

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Is the link between the Dark Tetrad and the acceptance of sexual violence mediated by sexual machismo?

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Previous studies have established relationships between the Dark Tetrad traits and sexual violence and its acceptance through myths about this type of violence. Sexual violence is positively associated with machismo, with sexist beliefs having been found to be linked with the Dark Tetrad and with the acceptance of sexual violence. Using a community sample comprising 362 adults between the ages of 18 and 70 (M = 35.6, SD = 14.3) and three self‐report measures, this cross‐sectional study aimed to explore the mediating role of sexual machismo in the relationship between each of the Dark Tetrad traits and the acceptance of sexual violence, both in the overall sample and by gender, as well as whether a significant variance in this acceptance is explained by the “dark” traits, sexual machismo, and gender. In the regression, sexual machismo (the male) gender, and only Machiavellianism were uniquely associated with the acceptance of sexual violence, and sexual machismo partially mediated the associations between the Dark Tetrad and the acceptance of sexual violence. These findings indicate that being male and higher in sexism is more closely linked with the acceptance of sexual violence than most Dark Tetrad traits. Moreover, the associations between the Dark Tetrad, sexual machismo, and the acceptance of sexual violence were stronger in men, consistent with the notion that these traits facilitate a “male” exploitive mating strategy, which likely also extends to victim‐blaming and positive attitudes about sexual violence more broadly. Lastly, the results emphasize the pervasiveness of beliefs about male superiority over women and its relationship with victim‐blaming even in women.

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The Exploitive Mating Strategy of the Dark Triad Traits: Tests of Rape-Enabling Attitudes

Cited by 80 publications

References 65 publications

A primer on the Dark Triad traits

A primer on the Dark Triad traits

Factors predictive of sexual violence: Testing the four pillars of the Confluence Model in a large diverse sample of college men

Is the link between the Dark Tetrad and the acceptance of sexual violence mediated by sexual machismo?

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