When your beloved is a psychopath. Psychopathic traits and social status of men and women's relationship and sexual satisfaction

Pilch, Irena; Lipka, Justyna; Gnielczyk, Julia

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.111175

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“…The results of our research provide more detailed conclusions thanks to the triarchic conceptualisation of psychopathy. These results are congruent with studies indicating the negative role of meanness and disinhibition in close relationships (Bourbonnais & Durand, 2018;Mejia et al, 2020;Pilch et al, 2022). Our results suggest also that the role of boldness could be different.…”

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“…Previous research showed positive correlations of boldness with three components of the triangular theory of love (Bourbonnais & Durand, 2018;Mejia et al, 2020), whereas, for meanness and disinhibition, these relationships were negative. Moreover, boldness (in contrast to meanness and disinhibition) in men predicted higher relationship satisfaction in their female partners (Pilch et al, 2022). The studies provided preliminary evidence for a different role of boldness compared with the remaining psychopathic traits (i.e., meanness and disinhibition) in romantic relationships.…”

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The Triarchic Psychopathy Domains and Romantic Relationship Quality : The Role of Boldness

Wardawy-Dudziak,

Pilch

2023

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The study aimed to investigate associations between psychopathic traits (disinhibition, boldness, and meanness) and indicators of relationship quality (satisfaction, commitment, feelings toward the partner, closeness, and relationship costs) using a variable-centred and a person-centred approach. A total of 1,292 participants completed measures assessing psychopathic traits and relationship quality. Correlation analysis indicated that boldness was positively, while disinhibition and meanness were negatively correlated with relationship quality. Subsequently, cluster analysis was conducted to identify groups of participants with different combinations of psychopathic traits. Three clusters were extracted: “disinhibited”, “callous”, and “brave-resistant”. The last cluster had an elevated level of boldness and was relatively “positive” regarding relationship quality. The results seem congruent with the presumption of a different role of boldness, compared to meanness and disinhibition, in the domain of close relationships.

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The Triarchic Psychopathy Domains and Romantic Relationship Quality : The Role of Boldness

Wardawy-Dudziak,

Pilch

2023

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“…These coefficients are interpreted based on their respective quantile of the outcome variable [76]. For example, while OLS regression may indicate an average effect of a woman's partner's meanness on relationship satisfaction, quantile regression can show that for the 15 th quantile of relationship satisfaction (i.e., the least satisfied women), the partner's meanness can reduce relationship satisfaction by 0.61 points, while partner's meanness only reduces relationship satisfaction by 0.14 points for the 85 th quantile (i.e., the most satisfied women) [77].…”

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Troll story: The dark tetrad and online trolling revisited with a glance at humor

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Internet trolling is considered a negative form of online interaction that can have detrimental effects on people’s well-being. This pre-registered, experimental study had three aims: first, to replicate the association between internet users’ online trolling behavior and the Dark Tetrad of personality (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism) established in prior research; second, to investigate the effect of experiencing social exclusion on people’s motivation to engage in trolling behavior; and third, to explore the link between humor styles and trolling behavior. In this online study, participants were initially assessed on their personality, humor styles, and global trolling behavior. Next, respondents were randomly assigned to a social inclusion or exclusion condition. Thereafter, we measured participants’ immediate trolling motivation. Results drawn from 1,026 German-speaking participants indicate a clear correlation between global trolling and all facets of the Dark Tetrad as well as with aggressive and self-defeating humor styles. However, no significant relationship between experiencing exclusion/inclusion and trolling motivation emerged. Our quantile regression findings suggest that psychopathy and sadism scores have a significant positive effect on immediate trolling motivation after the experimental manipulation, whereas Machiavellianism and narcissism did not explain variation in trolling motivation. Moreover, being socially excluded had generally no effect on immediate trolling motivation, apart from participants with higher immediate trolling motivation, for whom the experience of social exclusion actually reduced trolling motivation. We show that not all facets of the Dark Tetrad are of equal importance for predicting immediate trolling motivation and that research should perhaps focus more on psychopathy and sadism. Moreover, our results emphasize the relevance of quantile regression in personality research and suggest that even psychopathy and sadism may not be suitable predictors for low levels of trolling behavior.

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When your beloved is a psychopath. Psychopathic traits and social status of men and women's relationship and sexual satisfaction

Cited by 2 publications

References 34 publications

The Triarchic Psychopathy Domains and Romantic Relationship Quality : The Role of Boldness

The Triarchic Psychopathy Domains and Romantic Relationship Quality : The Role of Boldness

Troll story: The dark tetrad and online trolling revisited with a glance at humor

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