Different paths to different strategies? Unique associations among facets of the dark triad, empathy, and trait emotional intelligence.
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traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy). However, the nature and extent of such deficiencies seem to vary among dark personalities. By applying multidimensional measures of empathy, emotional intelligence, and the Dark Triad, we aimed to investigate in more detail how individuals high in various dark traits understand and evaluate emotions. Results indicated that each trait, and, moreover, each facet thereof entailed unique emotional deficiencies. Narcissism was positively associated with trait emotional intelligence, whereas the secondary factor of psychopathy was associated negatively. With respect to empathy, only primary psychopathy was linked to an overall deficit, while a positive relationship was found between Machiavellianism and the perspective-taking facet of cognitive empathy. We argue that the specific emotional limitations of the Dark Triad traits might contribute to the successful deployment of different socially aversive strategies.
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The negative association between empathy and overt narcissism is based on disregarding others' feelings, while the negative association with covert narcissism might be due to worries about themselves or more intense self-consciousness and may be overwhelmed by personal emotions, with failure in recognizing someone else's perspectives.
“The negative association between empathy and overt narcissism is based on disregarding others’ feelings, while the negative association with covert narcissism might be due to worries about themselves or more intense self-consciousness and may be overwhelmed by personal emotions, with failure in recognizing someone else’s perspectives (42).”
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- Authors
- Szabó, E., & Bereczkei, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Pecs (HU)
- Corresponding author
- Bereczkei, Tamás
- ORCID
- Bereczkei, Tamás
- Venue
- Advances in Cognitive Psychology
- Published
- 2017-12-31
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 306-313
- ISSN
- 1895-1171 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5771371
- OpenAlex
- W2782133606
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Advances in Cognitive Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (K112673)
- 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 Triad, narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, empathy, trait emotional intelligence, cognitive empathy, perspective taking, emotional understanding, affective evaluation, dark personality traits
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