The Dark Triad traits predict authoritarian political correctness and alt-right attitudes.
Alt right
Applied psychology
Dark triad
Entitlement
Extremism
Individual differences
Personality assessment
Political attitudes
Political behavior
Political correctness
Psychology
Journal
Heliyon
ISSN: 2405-8440
Titre abrégé: Heliyon
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101672560
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Jul 2020
Historique:
received:
29
08
2019
revised:
29
10
2019
accepted:
10
07
2020
entrez:
28
7
2020
pubmed:
28
7
2020
medline:
28
7
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
It is well established that mainstream personality traits are associated with moderate, traditional political attitudes. However, very little is known regarding trait predictors of extreme political attitudes. In the current study (N = 511 U.S. residents), we examined the relationships between the Dark Triad traits, Entitlement and three extreme political attitudes that are highly covered in mainstream media: White Identitarianism ('Alt-Right'), Political Correctness-Authoritarianism, and Political Correctness-Liberalism. We found that Dark Triad traits and Entitlement had incremental validity in the prediction of these 3 attitudes over demographic factors. The Dark Triad traits and Entitlement explained a substantial portion of variance in White Identitarianism and Political Correctness-Authoritarianism, and only a small portion of variance in Political Correctness-Liberalism. Across all attitudes, Psychopathy and Entitlement were the most consistent, strongest predictors. Results indicate that, from a Dark Triad perspective, Authoritarian PC advocates have more in common with extreme right advocates than those holding PC views related to compassion.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32715130
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04453
pii: S2405-8440(20)31297-4
pii: e04453
pmc: PMC7369609
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e04453Informations de copyright
© 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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