Country‐level correlates of the Dark Triad traits in 49 countries

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2020-12

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Jonason, Peter K.
Zemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena
Jaroslaw, Piotrowski
Sedikides, Constantine
Campbell, W. Keith
Gebauer, Jochen E.
Maltby, John
Adamovic, Mladen
Adams, Byron G.
Kadiyono, Anissa Lestari

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Abstract

The Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) capture individual differences in aversive personality to complement work on other taxonomies, such as the Big Five traits. However, the literature on the Dark Triad traits relies mostly on samples from English‐speaking (i.e., Westernized) countries. We broadened the scope of this literature by sampling from a wider array of countries.

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cross-cultural, cultural values, Dark Triad, Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, Taverne, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

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Jonason, P K, Zemojtel-Piotrowska, M, Jaroslaw, P, Sedikides, C, Campbell, W K, Gebauer, J E, Maltby, J, Adamovic, M, Adams, B G, Kadiyono, A L, Atitsogbe, K A, Bundhoo, H Y, Baltatescu, S, Bilić, S, Brulin, J G, Chobthamkit, P, Dominquez, A D C, Dragova-Koleva, S, El-Astal, S, Esteves, C S, M. , W L, Gouveia, V V, Gundolf, K, Ilisko, D, Jauk, E, Kamble, S V, Khachatryan, N, Klicperova‐Baker, M, Knezovic, E, Kovacs, M, Lei, X, Liik, K, Mamuti, A, Moreta‐Herrera, C R, Milfont, T L, Ong, C W, Osin, E, Park, J, Petrovic, B, Ramos‐Diaz, J RD, Qadir, A, Samekin, A S, Sawicki, A, Tiliouine, H, Tomsik, R, Umeh, C S, Van den Bos, K, van Hiel, A, Uslu, O, Wlodarczyk, A & Yahiiaev, I Y 2020, 'Country‐level correlates of the Dark Triad traits in 49 countries', Journal of Personality, vol. 88, no. 6, pp. 1252-1267. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12569