ArticleCurrent issues in personality psychology2022
Altruism and the Dark Triad.
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- The Dark Tetrad Traits Differentially Predict Gossip Frequency and Motives.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Assessing three altruism facets by economic games and self-report: a multitrait-multimethod investigation.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Dark Personality, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior in Convicted Offenders.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Are the dark personalities sincere? Connections between the Dark Triad and the Big Three.Current issues in personality psychology · 2024Article
- A desire for a loud car with a modified muffler is predicted by being a man and higher scores on psychopathy and sadism.Current issues in personality psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Dark Triad literature examining pro-social behaviours is minimal, with mixed results. PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURE: This study investigates the relationships between the Dark Triad and altruistic behaviours based on self-report data from 286 adults. Altruism was assessed using two scales: a general measure as well as a more recent scale measuring compassionate altruism towards family, friends, and strangers.
resultsMachiavellianism negatively correlated with general altruism; however, when controlling for the other dark variables plus age and gender in a regression, narcissism was the only Dark Triad trait that significantly predicted altruism. None of the Dark Triad traits were significantly related to or predictive of compassionate altruism.
conclusionsThis study demonstrates that the Dark Triad and altruism relationships are not straightforward, and that, surprisingly, strong negative relationships between the traits and altruism are not found. Limitations and future research directions are discussed.
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