ArticlePersonality and individual differences2021
Cognitive emotion regulation strategies mediate the relationships between Dark Triad traits and negative emotional states experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- The mediating role of emotional regulation strategies in the relationship between the dark tetrad of personality and anxious-depressive symptomatology.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Dark Triad, Depression, Anhedonia and Alexithymia: The Role of Sex Differences.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Dark Triad traits, alexithymia, and emotion regulation as predictors of depression, anxiety, and stress in clinical and non-clinical samples.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Unveiling the dark side of eating disorders: evidence on the role of dark triad and body uneasiness in youth.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety among college students during the re-emergence of COVID-19: Mediation effects of cognitive emotion regulation and moderation effects of family function.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Network Analysis of Dark Triad Traits and Emotional Intelligence in Peruvian Adults.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- The dark triad and depressive symptoms among chinese adolescents: moderated mediation models of age and emotion regulation strategies.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Emotion differentiation and negative emotional states: the mediating role of perceived academic control and the moderated effect of intrinsic motivation.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Relationships between Dark Triad and negative emotions during COVID-19 lockdown: The chain mediating roles of negative coping and state boredom.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- A Study on Intergenerational Transmission of Dark Triad and Emotion Reactivity.Psychology research and behavior management · 2022Article
- Facing the Pandemic in Italy: Personality Profiles and Their Associations With Adaptive and Maladaptive Outcomes.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Role of Gender-Based Emotional Intelligence in Corporate Financial Decision-Making.Psychology research and behavior management · 2021Article
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Abstract
COVID-19 has become a major source of stress as it puts individuals at risk of a range of mental health problems. Personality traits may predispose people to use adaptive or maladaptive coping strategies that lead to different health-related outcomes. The goal of the present study was to examine whether the use of distinct coping strategies during this stressful COVID-19 outbreak mediates the relationships between Dark Triad (DT) traits and stress, depression, and anxiety. The study was conducted in Poland (
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