Ten years ago Paulhus and Williams (2002) called attention to the 'Dark Triad', a
constellation of three conceptually distinct but empirically overlap** personality variables …

Psychopathy represents a unique set of personality traits including deceitfulness, lack of
empathy and guilt, impulsiveness, and antisocial behavior. Most often in the literature …

The Dark Triad of personality is composed of narcissism, psychopathy, and
Machiavellianism. Despite the common belief that these traits are undesirable, the media is …

The current research applied a mid-level evolutionary theory that has been successfully
employed across numerous animal species—life history theory—in an attempt to understand …

In this article, I outline a general framework for the evolutionary analysis of mental disorders
based on the concepts of life history theory. I synthesize and extend a large body of work …

Despite the recent flurry of research on the Dark Triad, this work has been atheoretical. In
two studies, totaling 358 participants, we attempt to situate the Dark Triad within the larger …

Researchers adopting an evolutionary perspective have conceptualized the Dark Triad as
an exploitative interpersonal style reflective of a fast life history strategy. However, not all …

Covariation of life history traits across species may be organised on a 'fast-slow'continuum.
A burgeoning literature in psychology and social science argues that trait covariation should …

The existence of individual differences in personality can be puzzling from an evolutionary
perspective. This paper offers a general framework for addressing this puzzle by combining …

The COVID-19 outbreak has recently reached the status of a global pandemic. People
should abide by governmental rules to avoid spreading contagion. These rules could be …