The relationship between insomnia symptoms and the dark triad personality traits

Akram, Umair; Allen, Sarah; McCarty, Kristofor; Gardani, Maria; Villarreal, Daniel; Bilsborough, Emily; Dooher, Grace; Gibbs, Grace; Hudson, Jess L; Mills, Rachel; Subramaniam, Viknesh; Akram, Asha

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“…Here, increased reports of sleep disturbance were related to Machiavellianism and psychopathy, but not narcissism. Whilst these relationships were replicated amongst a sample of the UK general population using a measure of insomnia symptomology, only psychopathy predicted insomnia symptoms when shared variance between dark triad traits were controlled for (Akram et al, 2018). The authors suggest that disturbed sleep in psychopathic individuals may be explained by the experience of emotion dysregulation which accentuate factors that maintain insomnia (i.e.…”

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Psychopathy and chronotype disposition: the mediating role of depression

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This study examined the relationship between dark triad personality traits and chronotype disposition, whilst incorporating the mediating role of anxiety and/or depression after excluding individuals presenting insomnia and/or physiological sleep-disorder symptoms. Members of the general population (N = 453) completed online measures of dark triad personality traits, chronotype, and anxious and depressive symptoms. Psychopathy and Machiavellianism were independently related to an evening chronotype disposition. However, after accounting for age, sex, anxiety and depression, psychopathy and depression remained the only significant predictors of chronotype. Therefore, whilst psychopathy was the strongest predictor of an evening chronotype preference, this relationship is partially mediated by depression. Individuals presenting an evening disposition may display increased psychopathic traits due to greater emotion dysregulation. This is potentially perpetuated by depressive symptoms stemming from a delayed or blunted affective rhythm. Interacting factors (e.g. reduced light exposure) may also contribute to alterations in the biological rhythm amongst evening-types, resulting in a negative feedback cycle. Targeting chronotype and depressive symptoms amongst individuals presenting psychopathic tendencies could increase the efficacy of existing sleep-based interventions for hostile behaviour.

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“…Whilst the aforementioned research remains influential in determining the relationships concerning dark triad traits, chronotype preference, and disturbed sleep, only one study (Akram et al., 2018) accounted for the potential influence of co-occurring physiological sleep disorders (e.g. apnoea, narcolepsy).…”

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Psychopathy and chronotype disposition: the mediating role of depression

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“…The Dark Triad is consisted of Machiavellianism, psychopathy and narcissism, which are three personality traits interconnected but conceptually independent of each other (Paulhus and Williams, 2002). Individuals with high levels of Machiavellianism are lack of empathy and good at strategy and manipulation (Jonason et al, 2013a;Akram et al, 2018); psychopathy is characterized by impulsivity, lack of control, interpersonal antagonism and deficits in affect (Palmer et al, 2017;Akram et al, 2018); narcissism involves a sense of excellence, selfabsorbed, and entitlement (Jonason et al, 2013b;Sabouri et al, 2016). The general view is that the Dark Triad personality traits represent the malevolent side of human nature and thus are inherently maladaptive and accompanied by negative psychosocial consequences (e.g., aggression, delinquency, and cyberbullying; Muris et al, 2017;Moor and Anderson, 2019).…”

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The Relationship Between Childhood Neglect and Malevolent Creativity: The Mediating Effect of the Dark Triad Personality

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In addition to what we know as benevolent creativity, which involves originality and usefulness, creativity also includes malevolent creativity, which involves the application of creative ideas to intentionally harm others. This study aimed to explore the environmental and individual predictors of malevolent creativity. We investigated the relationship among childhood neglect, Dark Triad personality traits and malevolent creativity and examined the mediating role of Dark Triad personality. A large sample (N = 991) of Chinese undergraduate students completed the childhood neglect scale, the 12-item Dirty Dozen and the Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale. Structural equation modeling demonstrated that childhood neglect was positively related to individual malevolent creativity, and the Dark Triad partially mediated this relationship. Additionally, gender differences were found, such that childhood neglect had a stronger effect on malevolent creativity through the Dark Triad among males than females. The results were discussed from the perspectives of life history theory and social information processing theory.

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“…The Dark Triad is composed of subclinical levels of three intercorrelated, yet conceptually separate, personality constructs: Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism (Paulhus & Williams, 2002). Machiavellianism characterizes an individual who is manipulative, callous, superficial, and strategic (rather than impulsive; Akram et al, 2018; Jonason, Jones, & Lyons, 2013). Conversely, individuals high in psychopathy (in nonclinical samples) lack self-control, are highly impulsive and adventurous, and present deficits in affect (i.e., callousness) and interpersonal antagonism (Akram et al, 2018; Palmer, Komarraju, Carter, & Karau, 2017).…”

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Mediating Effect of Dark Triad Personality Traits on the Relationship Between Parental Emotional Warmth and Aggression

Liu

Meng

Pan

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J Interpers Violence

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Previous research has indicated that positive parenting practices, such as parental emotional warmth, are associated with less negative outcomes in children. These negative outcomes can present during adolescence and during emerging adulthood. One negative consequence can be aggression, a problematic outcome with its own myriad consequences. The current study aimed to examine the effect of parental emotional warmth on adolescent and young adult aggression and the mediating effect of Dark Triad personality traits (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism) on this relationship. The sample included 530 Chinese student participants who completed an online questionnaire survey: 241 adolescents aged 15 to 18 years ( M = 17.24, SD = 1.00) and 289 young adults aged 19 to 23 years ( M = 20.12, SD = 1.03). The results revealed that the association between parental emotional warmth and aggression was fully mediated by Machiavellianism and psychopathy, and the mediating effects of Machiavellianism and psychopathy had no age differences between adolescents and young adults. These results may clinically suggest that paying attention to parental emotional warmth, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy in adolescents and young adults could yield a better understanding of their current and continuous functioning, especially for aggression.

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The relationship between insomnia symptoms and the dark triad personality traits

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Psychopathy and chronotype disposition: the mediating role of depression

Psychopathy and chronotype disposition: the mediating role of depression

The Relationship Between Childhood Neglect and Malevolent Creativity: The Mediating Effect of the Dark Triad Personality

Mediating Effect of Dark Triad Personality Traits on the Relationship Between Parental Emotional Warmth and Aggression

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