Dark triads, tetrads, tents, and cores: Why navigate (research) the jungle of dark personality models without a compass (criterion)?

This comprehensive review summarizes and evaluates the present state of the Dark Triad research literature (or more broadly, the dark personality trait literature), and as such serves both a pedagogical purpose, by providing an introduction or primer on the dark personality literature and a scientif...

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Autores principales: Christopher Marcin Kowalski, Radosław Rogoza, Donald H. Saklofske, Julie Aitken Schermer
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:02b69f90c3bf41b0892cf6a08c74e8122021-12-04T04:31:58ZDark triads, tetrads, tents, and cores: Why navigate (research) the jungle of dark personality models without a compass (criterion)?0001-691810.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103455https://doaj.org/article/02b69f90c3bf41b0892cf6a08c74e8122021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691821002055https://doaj.org/toc/0001-6918This comprehensive review summarizes and evaluates the present state of the Dark Triad research literature (or more broadly, the dark personality trait literature), and as such serves both a pedagogical purpose, by providing an introduction or primer on the dark personality literature and a scientific purpose by directing future research on key issues that still have not been sufficiently addressed. In this review, we discuss and critique current operational conceptualizations of what it means for a personality trait to be classified as ‘dark’. Also discussed is the Dark Core, as well as quantitative issues such as limitations of commonly used statistical treatments, such as multivariate analyses, bifactor modeling, and composite measures, and proposed solutions to some of these issues. Based on a comprehensive and critical appraisal of the literature, future directions are suggested to drive the dark trait field towards a more organized, parsimonious, and productive future.Christopher Marcin KowalskiRadosław RogozaDonald H. SaklofskeJulie Aitken SchermerElsevierarticleDark triadPsychopathyMachiavellianismNarcissismSadismPersonalityPsychologyBF1-990ENActa Psychologica, Vol 221, Iss , Pp 103455- (2021)
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language EN
topic Dark triad
Psychopathy
Machiavellianism
Narcissism
Sadism
Personality
Psychology
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spellingShingle Dark triad
Psychopathy
Machiavellianism
Narcissism
Sadism
Personality
Psychology
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Christopher Marcin Kowalski
Radosław Rogoza
Donald H. Saklofske
Julie Aitken Schermer
Dark triads, tetrads, tents, and cores: Why navigate (research) the jungle of dark personality models without a compass (criterion)?
description This comprehensive review summarizes and evaluates the present state of the Dark Triad research literature (or more broadly, the dark personality trait literature), and as such serves both a pedagogical purpose, by providing an introduction or primer on the dark personality literature and a scientific purpose by directing future research on key issues that still have not been sufficiently addressed. In this review, we discuss and critique current operational conceptualizations of what it means for a personality trait to be classified as ‘dark’. Also discussed is the Dark Core, as well as quantitative issues such as limitations of commonly used statistical treatments, such as multivariate analyses, bifactor modeling, and composite measures, and proposed solutions to some of these issues. Based on a comprehensive and critical appraisal of the literature, future directions are suggested to drive the dark trait field towards a more organized, parsimonious, and productive future.
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author Christopher Marcin Kowalski
Radosław Rogoza
Donald H. Saklofske
Julie Aitken Schermer
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Julie Aitken Schermer
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title Dark triads, tetrads, tents, and cores: Why navigate (research) the jungle of dark personality models without a compass (criterion)?
title_short Dark triads, tetrads, tents, and cores: Why navigate (research) the jungle of dark personality models without a compass (criterion)?
title_full Dark triads, tetrads, tents, and cores: Why navigate (research) the jungle of dark personality models without a compass (criterion)?
title_fullStr Dark triads, tetrads, tents, and cores: Why navigate (research) the jungle of dark personality models without a compass (criterion)?
title_full_unstemmed Dark triads, tetrads, tents, and cores: Why navigate (research) the jungle of dark personality models without a compass (criterion)?
title_sort dark triads, tetrads, tents, and cores: why navigate (research) the jungle of dark personality models without a compass (criterion)?
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