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The dark core of personality
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> 2,500), we provide evidence in support of the theoretical conceptualization of D, show that dark traits can be understood as specific manifestations of D, demonstrate that D predicts a multitude of criteria in the realm of ethically, morally, and socially questionable behavior, and illustrate that D does not depend on any particular indicator variable included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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Metadata
- Authors
- Moshagen, M., Hilbig, B. E., & Zettler, I.
- Affiliations
- Universität Ulm (DE)
- University of Koblenz and Landau (DE)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Moshagen, Morten
- Venue
- Psychological Review
- Published
- 2018-10
- Volume
- 125
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 656-688
- ISSN
- 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1471
- OpenAlex
- W2854454445
- Cited by
- 519
- References
- 138
- Citations by year
- 2026: 77 · 2025: 83 · 2024: 72 · 2023: 67 · 2022: 67 · 2021: 66 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 6
- FWCI
- 44.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- German Research Foundation (MO 2830/1-1, HI 1600/1-2; HI 1600/6-1, ZE 948/1-1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Keywords
- dark personality traits, dark core, personality structure, unethical behavior
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Female, Humans, Machiavellianism, Male, Middle Aged, Narcissism, Personality, Young Adult
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