ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2019
Empathy at the Heart of Darkness: Empathy Deficits That Bind the Dark Triad and Those That Mediate Indirect Relational Aggression.
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- Empathy in dark and vulnerable personality traits: A multimethod study from self-reported, performance-based, and electrophysiological empathy correlates.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- Understanding Human Behavior: Examining the Dark Triad of Personality in the Light of Autism Spectrum Traits.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2025Article
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- Adolescent Health and Dark Personalities: The Role of Socioeconomic Status, Sports, and Cyber Experiences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- The differential effect of psychopathy on active and bystander trolling behaviors: the role of dark tetrad traits and lower agreeableness.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Cognitive Empathy and the Dark Triad: A Literature Review.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023Review
- Dark triad personality traits are associated with decreased grey matter volumes in 'social brain' structures.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The dark side of empathy in narcissistic personality disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
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- The relationship between the Dark Triad and bullying among Chinese adolescents: the role of social exclusion and sense of control.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Dark triad and cyber aggression among Chinese adolescents during COVID-19: A moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Compassion toward others and self-compassion predict mental and physical well-being: a 5-year longitudinal study of 1090 community-dwelling adults across the lifespan.Translational psychiatry · 2021Article
- Relatedness Need Satisfaction and the Dark Triad: The Role of Depression and Prevention Focus.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
The dark triad (DT) traits-psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism-have collectively been linked to reduced empathy and increased aggression; however, their association with distinct empathic subtypes remains unclear; and unique links to indirect relational aggression (IRA) have not been delineated. Moreover, whether dark traits should be conceptualized individually, as a dyad or as a triad with a dark core centered around the absence of empathy is debated. The current study examines (i) whether impaired empathy indeed represents a common "dark core" binding Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy, and (ii) this core explains associations between the dark traits and IRA. Participants (
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