Facets of the Dark Triad: Utilizing the Five-Factor Model to describe Machiavellianism

AbstractPrevious studies have investigated how the three Dark Triad constructs (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism) relate to the Five-Factor Model (FFM) in order to understand the underlying traits and relationships of these constructs. The current study investigated the relationships be...

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Published in:Personality and individual differences Vol. 105; pp. 218 - 223
Main Authors: DeShong, Hilary L., M.S, Helle, Ashley C., M.S, Lengel, Gregory J., Ph.D, Meyer, Neil, B.S, Mullins-Sweatt, Stephanie N., Ph.D
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 15.01.2017
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Agreeableness
Antisocial personality disorder
Citizenship
Dark Triad
Ethics
Five factor model
Hostility
Machiavellianism
Narcissism
Neuroticism
Personality
Personality traits
Psychiatric/Mental Health
Psychopathology
Workplaces
Five-Factor Model
Personality
Dark Triad
Machiavellianism
ISSN:0191-8869, 1873-3549
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Summary:AbstractPrevious studies have investigated how the three Dark Triad constructs (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism) relate to the Five-Factor Model (FFM) in order to understand the underlying traits and relationships of these constructs. The current study investigated the relationships between Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy with the FFM facets. The three Dark Triad (DT) constructs were strongly correlated with all facets of low agreeableness and with the neuroticism facet angry hostility. There was significant overlap in the relationships of psychopathy and Machiavellianism with the FFM facets overall. Additionally, the DT constructs were investigated in relation to three types of workplace behaviors (i.e., counterproductive, citizenship, and unethical), with results indicating strong relationships for all three DT constructs with counterproductive and unethical workplace behaviors. Overall, the findings suggest that the Machiavellianism measures used strongly correlate with psychopathy and therefore may not assess a unique construct. Future studies should continue to investigate how these constructs may be overlapping and/or how measures of Machiavellianism may not be adequately assessing the full construct.
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ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2016.09.053