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- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2019 Hogrefe Publishing
- ISSN
- 1614-0001
- eISSN
- 2151-2299
- DOI
- 10.1027/1614-0001/a000284
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
The Dark Triad is a constellation of three antisocial personality traits: Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. Recently, researchers have introduced a “Dark Tetrad” that includes subclinical sadism, although others suggest considerable overlap between psychopathy and sadism. To clarify the position of sadism within the Dark Triad, an online study was conducted with 615 university students. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that a six-factor solution fit the data best, representing Machiavellianism, psychopathy, physical sadism, verbal sadism, narcissism, and vicarious sadism. Furthermore, convergent validity was supported through sadism’s correlations with the HEXACO personality traits. The results support sadism’s inclusion within the Dark Tetrad as a unique construct but with some conceptual overlap with psychopathy.
Journal
Journal of Individual Differences – American Psychological Association
Published: Feb 7, 2019