Political Hearts of Darkness: The Dark Triad as Predictors of Political Orientations and Interest in Politics.
Big Five
Dark Triad
conservative
liberal
personality
political orientations
politics
Journal
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2076-328X
Titre abrégé: Behav Sci (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101576826
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 Dec 2021
08 Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
08
10
2021
revised:
19
11
2021
accepted:
30
11
2021
entrez:
23
12
2021
pubmed:
24
12
2021
medline:
24
12
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
This study investigated the relationships between the Dark Triad of personality (sub-clinical psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism) and four political variables: socio-religious conservatism, support for greater economic equality, overall liberal-conservative orientation, and interest in politics. A theoretical approach that focused on the influence of the Dark Triad in large groups was provided to interpret those relationships. Methodological issues found in previous research that related to the use of abbreviated scales to measure the dark traits and the use of unidimensional indicators of political orientations were addressed. A hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to determine whether any of the three dark traits could explain variance in the aforementioned political attributes over and above that accounted for by the Big Five, sex, age, and nationality, using the full personality scales and measures of political orientation that captured both social and economic liberalism-conservatism. Machiavellianism uniquely predicted lower levels of socio-religious conservatism, and both Machiavellianism and narcissism uniquely predicted lower levels of overall conservatism. There were important links between the Dark Triad and politics.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
This study investigated the relationships between the Dark Triad of personality (sub-clinical psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism) and four political variables: socio-religious conservatism, support for greater economic equality, overall liberal-conservative orientation, and interest in politics. A theoretical approach that focused on the influence of the Dark Triad in large groups was provided to interpret those relationships. Methodological issues found in previous research that related to the use of abbreviated scales to measure the dark traits and the use of unidimensional indicators of political orientations were addressed.
METHODS
METHODS
A hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to determine whether any of the three dark traits could explain variance in the aforementioned political attributes over and above that accounted for by the Big Five, sex, age, and nationality, using the full personality scales and measures of political orientation that captured both social and economic liberalism-conservatism.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Machiavellianism uniquely predicted lower levels of socio-religious conservatism, and both Machiavellianism and narcissism uniquely predicted lower levels of overall conservatism.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
There were important links between the Dark Triad and politics.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34940104
pii: bs11120169
doi: 10.3390/bs11120169
pmc: PMC8698749
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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