Toward a taxonomy of dark personalities

DL Paulhus - Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The term dark personalities refers to a set of socially aversive traits in the subclinical range.
Not extreme enough to invite clinical or forensic attention, they can get along (even flourish) …

The dark core of personality.

M Moshagen, BE Hilbig, I Zettler - Psychological review, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Many negatively connoted personality traits (often termed “dark traits”) have been introduced
to account for ethically, morally, and socially questionable behavior. Herein, we provide a …

The light vs. dark triad of personality: Contrasting two very different profiles of human nature

SB Kaufman, DB Yaden, E Hyde… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
While there is a growing literature on “dark traits”(ie, socially aversive traits), there has been
a lack of integration with the burgeoning research literature on positive traits and fulfilling …

The “why” and “how” of narcissism: A process model of narcissistic status pursuit

S Grapsas, E Brummelman, MD Back… - Perspectives on …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
We propose a self-regulation model of grandiose narcissism. This model illustrates an
interconnected set of processes through which narcissists (ie, individuals with relatively high …

Narcissistic admiration and rivalry: disentangling the bright and dark sides of narcissism.

MD Back, ACP Küfner, M Dufner… - Journal of personality …, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
We present a process model that distinguishes 2 dimensions of narcissism: admiration and
rivalry. We propose that narcissists' overarching goal of maintaining a grandiose self is …

The Dark Triad and trait self-objectification as predictors of men's use and self-presentation behaviors on social networking sites

J Fox, MC Rooney - Personality and Individual differences, 2015 - Elsevier
An online survey of a nationally representative sample of US men aged 18–40 assessed
trait predictors of social networking site use as well as two forms of visual self-presentation …

The Dark Triad of personality: A 10 year review

A Furnham, SC Richards… - Social and personality …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ten years ago Paulhus and Williams (2002) called attention to the 'Dark Triad', a
constellation of three conceptually distinct but empirically overlap** personality variables …