Machiavellianism is a popular construct in research on ethics and organizational behavior.
This research has demonstrated that Machiavellianism predicts a host of counterproductive …

Aggression is a key component for social behaviour and can have an adaptive value or
deleterious consequences. Here, we review the role of sex-related differences in aggressive …

The Dark Triad consists of three overlap** but distinct personality variables: narcissism,
Machiavellianism and psychopathy. To date, however, no research has empirically identified …

Although previous research has demonstrated that ego-threatened narcissists react
aggressively, no allowance was made for the overlap of subclinical narcissism with …

Previous research has demonstrated that people who are callous are more likely to be
interpersonally aggressive. The present study extends this finding to research on the “Dark …

Abstract J. Skeem and DJ Cooke (2010) asserted that Hare and Neumann consider
criminality to be an essential component of the psychopathy construct. The assertion …

The present meta-analysis explored the relationship between psychopathy and instrumental
and reactive violence with a focus on factor and facet scores. A total of 53 studies (reporting …

Moreover, aggression in high-psychopathic individuals may manifest in ways other than
overt violence. For example, relational aggression involving threats, dominance, and …

Sadism is a “dark” trait that involves the experience of pleasure from others' pain, yet much is
unknown about its link to aggression. Across eight studies (total N= 2,255), sadism predicted …

In the study of aggression, psychopathy represents a disorder that is of particular interest
because it often involves aggression which is premeditated, emotionless, and instrumental …