Naslov
Affective profiles of the Dark Triad

Autori
Ribar, Maja ; Wertag, Anja ; Bratko, Denis

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

ISBN
978-86-6065-541-9

Skup
Savremeni trendovi u psihologiji = Current Trends in Psychology

Mjesto i datum
Novi Sad, Srbija, 24.10.2019. - 27.10.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
personality ; affective profiles ; Dark Triad

Sažetak
The affective profiles model is a person-centered model based on the combination of individuals’ experience of high and low positive and negative affect, providing the advantage of studying multidimensional profiles of specific combinations of traits. The aim of the study was to explore differences in the Dark Triad traits (i.e. Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy) between individuals with different affective profiles. Research was carried out online on a total of 880 participants (age: M = 24.23, SD = 6.52, 176 of them male) using the Short Dark Triad (SD3) and PANAS scales. Affective profiles were formed combining high and low positive and negative affect, with those scoring median or bellow treated as low on each affectivity dimension, and those scoring above the median treated as high. Combinations of high and low positive and negative affect resulted in four affective profiles: self-fulfilling (high positive, low negative affect), high affective (high positive, high negative affect), low affective (low positive, low negative affect) and self-destructive (low positive, high negative affect). A multivariate analysis of variance using Pillai’s trace indicated that emotional profiles significantly differed in the dark traits, V = 0.16, F(9, 2628) = 16.81, p < .001, partial η2 = .05. Separate analyses of variance indicated that profiles significantly differed in narcissism, F(3, 876) = 30.57, p < .001, partial η2 = .10, Machiavellianism, F(3, 876) = 4.53, p = .004, partial η2 = .02, as well as in psychopathy, F(3, 876) = 9.76, p < .001, partial η2 = .03. Tukey’s HSD post hoc tests indicated that there was no difference in narcissism between individuals with self-fulfilling and high affective profiles, but they had significantly higher narcissism compared to those with low affective or self-destructive affective profiles. There was also no difference between low affective and self-destructive profiles, meaning that narcissism was higher in individuals that had profiles with high positive affect. When it comes to Machiavellianism, the only significant difference found was between self-fulfilling and self-destructive profiles, with self-destructive individuals scoring higher on this trait. Finally, individuals with high negative affect profiles, i.e., high affective and self-destructive, had higher psychopathy compared to those with a self-fulfilling profile. Psychopathy was also significantly higher in individuals with a self-destructive compared to those with a low affective profile. Taken together, the results of this study reiterate the differences between the Dark Triad traits, highlighting that narcissism is brighter than the other two dark traits since it was associated with more positive emotional profiles.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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