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  • Psychology
  • Personality Science
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • The Big Five (OCEAN) traits offer a framework for personality, but their links to the Dark Triad (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy) are inconsistent.
  • Previous research shows mixed associations between Dark Triad traits and OCEAN dimensions.
  • The Dark Cube model provides a ternary structure for malevolent character, offering a new approach to study these relationships.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate conditional relationships between Dark Triad traits and OCEAN dimensions using the Dark Cube model.
  • To clarify inconsistent findings in the literature regarding the Dark Triad and Big Five personality traits.

Main Methods:

  • 330 participants completed the Short Dark Triad Inventory and the Big Five Inventory.
  • Participants were categorized into eight profiles based on high/low scores for Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy.
  • OCEAN traits were examined across these distinct Dark Cube profiles.

Main Results:

  • Consistent associations were found between high narcissism and high extraversion, and high psychopathy and low agreeableness.
  • Other associations between Dark Triad and OCEAN traits were complex and conditional on the levels of other dark traits.
  • Examples include: high Machiavellianism-high neuroticism (only when narcissism and psychopathy were low), and high narcissism-high conscientiousness (only when Machiavellianism and psychopathy were high).

Conclusions:

  • The Dark Cube model is a valuable tool for understanding the Dark Triad and its relationship with OCEAN traits.
  • The study identified specific conditional links, such as narcissism-extraversion and psychopathy-agreeableness, clarifying previous inconsistencies.
  • This nuanced approach explains why linear associations between the Dark Triad and OCEAN traits have been mixed in prior research.