TY - JOUR

T1 - Country-level correlates of the Dark Triad traits in 49 countries

AU - Jonason, Peter K.

AU - Zemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena

AU - Piotrowski, Jaroslaw

AU - Sedikides, Constantine

AU - Campbell, W. Keith

AU - Gebauer, Jochen E.

AU - Maltby, John

AU - Adamovic, Mladen

AU - Adams, Byron G.

AU - Kadiyono, Anissa Lestari

AU - Atitsogbe, Kokou A.

AU - Bundhoo, Harshalini Y.

AU - Baltatescu, Sergiu

AU - Bilic, Snezana

AU - Brulin, Joel Gruneau

AU - Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit

AU - Dominguez, Alejandra Del Carmen

AU - Dragova-Koleva, Sonya

AU - El-Astal, Sofian

AU - Esteves, Carla Sofia

AU - Eldesoki, Walaa Labib M.

AU - Gouveia, Valdiney V.

AU - Gundolf, Katherine

AU - Ilisko, Dzintra

AU - Jauk, Emanuel

AU - Kamble, Shanmukh

AU - Khachatryan, Narine

AU - Klicperova-Baker, Martina

AU - Knezovic, Emil

AU - Kovacs, Monika

AU - Lei, Xuejun

AU - Liik, Kadi

AU - Mamuti, Agim

AU - Moreta-Herrera, Carlos Rodrigo

AU - Milfont, Taciano L.

AU - Ong, Chin Wei

AU - Osin, Evgeny

AU - Park, Joonha

AU - Petrovic, Boban

AU - Ramos-Diaz, Jano

AU - Ridic, Goran

AU - Qadir, Abdul

AU - Samekin, Adil

AU - Sawicki, Artur

AU - Tiliouine, Habib

AU - Tomsik, Robert

AU - Umeh, Charles S.

AU - van den Bos, Kees

AU - Van Hiel, Alain

AU - Uslu, Osman

AU - Wlodarczyk, Anna

AU - Yahiiaev, Illia

PY - 2020/12

Y1 - 2020/12

N2 - Objectives The Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) capture individual differences in aversive personality to complement work on other taxonomies, such as the Big Five traits. However, the literature on the Dark Triad traits relies mostly on samples from English-speaking (i.e., Westernized) countries. We broadened the scope of this literature by sampling from a wider array of countries. Method We drew on data from 49 countries (N = 11,723; 65.8% female;Age(Mean) = 21.53) to examine how an extensive net of country-level variables in economic status (e.g., Human Development Index), social relations (e.g., gender equality), political orientations (e.g., democracy), and cultural values (e.g., embeddedness) relate to country-level rates of the Dark Triad traits, as well as variance in the magnitude of sex differences in them. Results Narcissism was especially sensitive to country-level variables. Countries with more embedded and hierarchical cultural systems weremorenarcissistic. Also, sex differences in narcissism werelargerinmoredeveloped societies: Women were less likely to be narcissistic in developed (vs. less developed) countries. Conclusions We discuss the results based on evolutionary and social role models of personality and sex differences. That higher country-level narcissism was more common in less developed countries, whereas sex differences in narcissism were larger in more developed countries, is more consistent with evolutionary than social role models.

AB - Objectives The Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) capture individual differences in aversive personality to complement work on other taxonomies, such as the Big Five traits. However, the literature on the Dark Triad traits relies mostly on samples from English-speaking (i.e., Westernized) countries. We broadened the scope of this literature by sampling from a wider array of countries. Method We drew on data from 49 countries (N = 11,723; 65.8% female;Age(Mean) = 21.53) to examine how an extensive net of country-level variables in economic status (e.g., Human Development Index), social relations (e.g., gender equality), political orientations (e.g., democracy), and cultural values (e.g., embeddedness) relate to country-level rates of the Dark Triad traits, as well as variance in the magnitude of sex differences in them. Results Narcissism was especially sensitive to country-level variables. Countries with more embedded and hierarchical cultural systems weremorenarcissistic. Also, sex differences in narcissism werelargerinmoredeveloped societies: Women were less likely to be narcissistic in developed (vs. less developed) countries. Conclusions We discuss the results based on evolutionary and social role models of personality and sex differences. That higher country-level narcissism was more common in less developed countries, whereas sex differences in narcissism were larger in more developed countries, is more consistent with evolutionary than social role models.

KW - cross-cultural

KW - cultural values

KW - Dark Triad

KW - Machiavellianism

KW - narcissism

KW - psychopathy

KW - DIRTY DOZEN

KW - NARCISSISM

KW - PSYCHOLOGY

KW - VALUES

KW - SIDE

KW - MACHIAVELLIANISM

KW - PERSONALITY

KW - BEHAVIOR

U2 - 10.1111/jopy.12569

DO - 10.1111/jopy.12569

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 32557617

VL - 88

SP - 1252

EP - 1267

JO - Journal of Personality

JF - Journal of Personality

SN - 0022-3506

IS - 6

ER -