6/5/2023 0 Comments Dark Triad by Hargrove Perth![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Since their initial paper, research on the topic has increased quite a bit each year, with two-thirds of the publications of the dark triad appearing in 20 alone. Credit: Laura Harris Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) While these three traits had traditionally been studied mostly among clinical populations (e.g., criminals), Paulhus and Williams showed that each of these traits are clearly on a continuum-we are all at least a little bit narcissistic, Machiavellian and psychopathic. First discovered by Delroy Paulhus and Kevin Williams in 2002, the dark triad of personality consists of narcissism (entitled self-importance), Machiavellianism (strategic exploitation and deceit) and psychopathy (callousness and cynicism). The dark triad has already been well-studied. Was there such a thing? Had it been studied? In a quick email response, David simply wrote back, “light triad”? Now my ears pricked up. When I went back to my office, I emailed some papers to David and my colleague Elizabeth Hyde. Immediately his ears pricked up, and he asked me to send him papers on the dark triad, remarking that he hadn't heard of the dark triad but that it sounded fascinating (thus proving my point). Why are dark triad people so seductive? Why do they get all the research attention? I asked my colleague David Yaden in his office. “ What’s one less person on the face of the earth, anyway?” – Ted Bundy “ I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” – Anne Frank ![]()
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