Personality - Tutorial - Dark Triad + Relationship choices

Question 1

Measuring the Dark Triad

Answer 1

-Jonason + Webster (2010)
- The Dirty Dozen -12 item self-report scale
-DTT correlations:
-> Neg with agreeableness, empathy + conscientiousness
-> pos with aggression + impulsivity

Question 2

Overall findings

Answer 2

• DT pos correlated with preference for short-term relationships + neg correlated with long-term
• Narcissism preference for one-night stands and friends with benefits (boost ego)
  -Psychopathy preference for booty-call (exploitive-using for sex)
  -Machiavellianism didn’t predict any sig relationship preference

Question 3

Gender

Answer 3

• Jonason et al (2009) - men score higher on dark triad than women
• Narcissism mediated men preferring one-night stands
  -Psychopathy mediated men preferring booty calls

Question 4

Limitations + future research

Answer 4

• Focuses on pos correlations not neg ones
• American sample
  -Machiavellianism result
• future research: utalise normative questions + different method?