How ''dark'' are the Dark Triad traits? Examining the perceived darkness of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy

By J. Rauthmann, G. Kolar. 2012

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Dirty Dozen vs. the H factor: Comparison of the Dark Triad and Honesty–Humility in prosociality, religiosity, and happiness (2014, background): “‘‘Darkness’’ of a trait may also be viewed by its benefits (or lack thereof) for others (Rauthmann & Kolar, 2012).”
The Dark Triad and Nascent Entrepreneurship: An Examination of Unproductive versus Productive Entrepreneurial Motives (2016, background): “…consistent with a value appropriating approach to relationships and broadly toward life, the dark triad— and particularly the darkest traits in the triad (i.e., psychopathy and Machiavellianism; Rauthmann and Kolar 2012)—were strongly linked with an unproductive approach toward entrepreneurship.”
Extreme managers, extreme workplaces: Capitalism, organizations and corporate psychopaths (2015, background): “However, research is arguably moving towards a consensus that narcissism is the ‘lightest’ of the triad and that while Machiavellianism and psychopathy are very similar, psychopaths are the ‘darkest’ of the three personalities (Jones and Figueredo, 2013; Rauthmann and Kolar, 2012).”
The Dark Triad of Personality: A 10 Year Review (2013, background): “Along with psychopaths, Machiavellians are also the most morally suspect (Arvan, 2012; Glenn, Iyer, Graham, Koleva, & Haidt, 2009) and, more generally, have the ‘darkest’ personalities (Rauthmann & Kolar, 2012).”
Pathology, pseudopathology, and the Dark Triad of personality (2015, background): “In reference to the latter, narcissism may be ''lighter'' and more socially desirable than the other two (Rauthmann & Kolar, 2012) which may manifest in socially desirable approaches to the group (Jonason et al., 2015).”
The Malevolent Side of Human Nature (2017, background): “…convincingly associated with adverse psychosocial consequences than narcissism, which is in line with the notion that both Machiavellianism and psychopathy are more extreme in terms of viciousness and thus have more social and personal costs than narcissism (e.g., Rauthmann & Kolar, 2012, 2013).”
The Dark Triad of personality and unethical behavior at different times of day (2016, background): “A possible explanationmight be that narcissism is the “brightest”, that is, the least malicious, among the Dark Triad traits (Rauthmann & Kolar, 2012, 2013).”
Valuing myself over others : the Dark Triad traits and moral and social values (2015, background): “For instance, Machiavellianism and psychopathy, in particular, are perceived to be socially undesirable, whereas, narcissism is perceived as relatively more socially acceptable (Rauthmann & Kolar, 2012).”
The perceived attractiveness and traits of the Dark Triad: Narcissists are perceived as hot, Machiavellians and psychopaths not (2013, background): “Based on the study of Rauthmann and Kolar (2012) as well as the literature outlined above, we hypothesized that a narcissist would be seen as more appealing, likeable, and attractive than a Machiavellian and a psychopath, whereas the latter two would be perceived similarly or virtually identically.”
Well-being and the Dark Triad (2015, background): “Of these three dark traits narcissism is on the “lighter” sidewhile the other two, the Malicious Two, are further on the dark side (Furnham et al., 2013; Rauthmann & Kolar, 2012).”