The role of “dark personalities” (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy), Big Five personality factors, and ideology in explaining prejudice

Exploring Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism in Youth: Examination of Associations with Antisocial Behavior and Aggression

“…Additionally, the results give some indication that the three personality traits can be measured meaningfully in youth, similar to the approach used with adults. These findings in a sample of community youth also expand and provide support for the existing adult literature (Campbell et al, 2009;Hodson, Hogg, & MacInnis, 2009;Jakobwitz & Egan, 2006;Lee & Ashton, 2005;Paulhus & Williams, 2002) that argues for the distinctness of these three personality traits. Specifically, the present study demonstrated that the three personalities show differential and unique associations with aggressive behavior (overt and relational aggression), delinquency, emotional dysregulation, and behavioral dysregulation.…”

“…However, recent studies that examine narcissism, MACH, and psychopathy simultaneously within subclinical adult populations demonstrate that they have low to moderate associations (reported intercorrelations ranging from .18 to .62), with the weakest associations found between narcissism and MACH, and the strongest associations found between psychopathy and MACH (Campbell et al, 2009;Hodson, Hogg, & MacInnis, 2009;Jakobwitz & Egan, 2006;Lee & Ashton, 2005;Paulhus & Williams, 2002). The positive associations found between the three constructs can possibly be attributable to their shared commonalities of social malevolence and duplicity, self-centeredness, aggression, and emotional coldness (Paulhus & Williams, 2002).…”

Why do right-wing adherents engage in more animal exploitation and meat consumption?

“…From an intergroup perspective, Integrated Threat Theory (Stephan & Stephan, 2000) posits that perceived outgroup threats are fundamental antecedents to negative outgroup attitudes, and can pertain to threats to dominant ingroup's norms and values, in addition to threats to ideological, political, and economic power (Stephan & Renfro, 2002). Research confirms that perceived outgroup threats challenging either the ingroup's dominant position in society, or the ingroup's cultural norms and beliefs, exacerbate negative outgroup attitudes and behaviors (Riek, Mania, & Gaertner, 2006;Stephan & Renfro, 2002), particularly among those who are most inclined to follow/defend mainstream social norms and dominant ideological systems; those higher in RWA or SDO (e.g., Asbrock, Sibley, & Duckitt, 2010;Costello & Hodson, 2011;Hodson, Hogg, & MacInnis, 2009;McFarland, 2005).…”

Multiple Facets of Compassion: The Impact of Social Dominance Orientation and Economic Systems Justification

“…Sidanius and Pratto (see Pratto et al 1994;Sidanius and Pratto 2001) originally suggested that empathy was most predictive of SDO (Hodson et al 2009;Pratto et al 1994). Since this original suggestion, a number of studies suggest that this hypothesized relationship may indeed exist (McFarland 2010;Sibley and Duckitt 2010).…”