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The dark core of personality

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Moshagen, Morten, Hilbig, Benjamin E., Zettler, Ingo·2018·Psychological Review

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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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“…findings are well in line with recent notions that dark personality traits do not simply reflect the negative pole of bright personality traits, even though dark and bright traits are strongly related (e.g., r .80 between honesty-humility and the dark core of personality; Moshagen et al., 2018).”
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“There is an emerging consensus that the “dark core” (or so-called “heart of darkness”) of these dark traits consists of an antagonistic social strategy characterized by high levels of interpersonal manipulation and callous behavior (Jones and Figueredo, 2013; Marcus et al., 2018; Moshagen et al., 2018).”
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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
ORCID: Moshagen, Morten
Hilbig, Benjamin E.
Zettler, Ingo
Venue: Psychological Review
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2018-10
Volume: 125
Issue: 5
Pages: 656-688
ISSN: 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
1939-1471
DOI: 10.1037/rev0000111
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: green
researchprofiles.ku.dk
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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