ArticleEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2022
Dark Triad Psychopathy Outperforms Self-Control in Predicting Antisocial Outcomes: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.
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- Psychopathic Traits and Sensation Seeking in Young General Population.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Light Triad traits of personality as moderators between the dark core of personality, psychopathy, and antisociality/criminality.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2026Article
- Psychological Adjustment and Dark Triad Traits in Adolescents Living in Residential Care: A Comparative Study Between Boys and Girls.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Through a Dark Lens: A Longitudinal Study on Dark Triad Traits, Future Negative Insight, and Antisocial Attitudes.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- Dark Triad, Depression, Anhedonia and Alexithymia: The Role of Sex Differences.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Adolescent Health and Dark Personalities: The Role of Socioeconomic Status, Sports, and Cyber Experiences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- Dark triad personality traits are associated with decreased grey matter volumes in 'social brain' structures.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Moral Disengagement, Dark Triad and Face Mask Wearing during the COVID-19 Pandemic.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2022Article
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Dark Triad traits and self-control are considered viable causal precursors to antisocial and criminal outcomes in youth. The purpose of the present study is to concurrently compare how Dark Triad traits and self-control differ in terms of predicting self-reported juvenile delinquency, CD symptoms, proactive overt aggression, and crime seriousness. The sample consisted of 567 (M = 15.91 years, SD = 0.99 years, age range = 14-18 years) Southern European youth from Portugal. Structural-equation-modelling procedures revealed that the psychopathy factor of Dark Triad traits presented the strongest significant hypothetical causal associations with the antisocial/criminal outcomes, followed by self-control. Machiavellianism and narcissism presented the lowest causal associations. Our findings indicate that psychopathy, as operationalized in the Dark Triad, concurrently surpasses self-control and the remaining factors of the Dark Triad in terms of predicting antisocial/criminal outcomes in youth. This suggests that behavioral disinhibition, or a core incapacity to regulate one's conduct, is central for understanding delinquency and externalizing psychopathology. Comparatively, the interpersonal component of dark personality features, such as Machiavellianism and narcissism, are secondary for understanding crime.
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