Looking under the hood: The psychogenic motivational foundations of the Dark Triad
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Narcissism stands out as the trait most strongly associated with status motivation.
“Although these personality traits are all linked to a relatively strong status motive, narcissism stands out as the trait most strongly associated with status motivation (Jonason & Ferrell, 2016; Jonason & Zeigler-Hill, 2018; Moshagen et al., 2018).”
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“Although these personality traits are all linked to a relatively strong status motive, narcissism stands out as the trait most strongly associated with status motivation ( Jonason & Ferrell, 2016; Jonason & Zeigler-Hill, 2018; Moshagen et al., 2018).”
Background
- Authors
- Jonason, P. K., & Ferrell, J. D.
- Affiliations
- Western Sydney University (AU)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Corresponding author
- Jonason, Peter K.
- ORCID
- Jonason, Peter K.
- Venue
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-05
- Volume
- 94
- Pages
- 324-331
- ISSN
- 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2257100428
- Cited by
- 74
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 9.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Army Research Institute (W5J9CQ12C0043)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Keywords
- Dark Triad, psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, achievement motive, power motivation, need for affiliation, sex differences
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