17 Facts About Dark triad

Dark triad is a psychological theory of personality, first published by Delroy L Paulhus and Kevin M Williams in 2002, that describes three notably offensive, but non-pathological personality types: Machiavellianism, sub-clinical narcissism, and sub-clinical psychopathy.

All three dark triad traits are conceptually distinct although empirical evidence shows them to be overlapping.

Furnham has identified that the dark triad is related to the acquisition of leadership positions and interpersonal influence.

The dark triad traits have been found to be fairly well-represented in upper-level management and CEOs.

Youth who score higher in dark triad traits show higher amounts of violent delinquency, specifically with interpersonal violence.

Individuals with low self control and dark triad traits showed more overall delinquency, however higher self control lowered the delinquency.

Individuals with dark triad traits were found to be more likely to commit acts of online fraud, with each trait having different impacts on factors.

All three traits of the dark triad have been found to have substantial genetic components.

Furthermore, much of the research reported pertaining to the dark triad cited in the above paragraph is based on statistical procedures that assume the dark triad is a single construct, in spite of genetic and meta-analytic evidence to the contrary.

Several academic studies have found evidence that people with dark triad personalities are judged as slightly better-looking than average on first sight.

Two studies have determined that this is because people with dark triad traits put more effort into their appearance, and the difference in attractiveness disappears when "dressed down" with bland clothing and without makeup.

Focal variable when analyzing generational or cohort differences in dark triad traits has tended to be narcissism, arising from the hypothesis that so-called "Generation Me" or "Generation Entitlement" would exhibit higher levels of narcissism than previous generations.

The dark triad overall is negatively related to both agreeableness and conscientiousness.

Likewise, all three dark triad traits are strongly negatively correlated with Honesty–Humility.

The light triad predicts positive and negative outcomes regarding Agreeableness and Honesty-Humility personality traits, and expands on understanding the dark triad as a useful contrasting analog.

Additionally, those who score higher on the light Dark triad scale are intellectually curious, secure in their attachments to others, and more tolerant to other perspectives.

Adjectives representing the behavioural patterns described by the Dark Triad were scored according to the atlas and visualised using kernel density plots in two dimensions.