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Affectivity of the Dark Side: Descriptors of Affectivity and the Dark Triad

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of the Dark Triad traits (i.e. Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy) with the positive and negative affective traits and their descriptors. Data was collected online on a total of 880 participants (age: M= 24.23, SD= 6.52, 176 male) via Short Dark Triad and PANAS scales. Bivariate correlations showed that narcissism was positively correlated with all positive affect descriptors, while Machiavellianism and psychopathy were negatively correlated with only some of them. Psychopathy was positively correlated with most negative affect descriptors, and the other two dark traits only with some of them (narcissism negatively and Machiavellianism positively). Hierarchical multiple regressions showed that positive and negative affect descriptors explained 26.4% of variance for narcissism, 16.8% for psychopathy and 12.3% for Machiavellianism, over and above sex and age. Moreover, dark traits differed in patterns of the predictive values of positive and negative affect descriptors. In sum, obtained results reflect theoretically meaningful relations between the affectivity and Dark Triad, but also highlight affective specificities of each of the Dark Triad traits.

personality ; Dark Triad ; positive and negative affectivity

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