TY - JOUR
T1 - Expectancy biases underneath the Dark Triad traits : associations with optimism, pessimism, and hopelessness
AU - Jonason, Peter K.
AU - Foster, Joshua D.
AU - Csathó, Árpád
AU - Gouveia, Valdiney
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Personality traits play a key role in understanding optimism, but few studies have examined how “darker” aspects of personality relate to individual differences in trait-level optimism. We examined whether the Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) were associated with individual differences in optimism in three convenience samples from America, Brazil, and Hungary (N = 937) using three measures of individual differences optimism (i.e., Life Orientation Test; Lerner Optimism Scale; Beck Hopelessness Scale). Our results were rather compelling in that across measures and countries sampled, narcissism was associated with more optimism whereas psychopathy and Machiavellianism were associated with less. Results are discussed in terms of how such outlooks or expectancies are likely to color the social interactions that people characterized by the Dark Triad traits engage in and the social consequences they may experience.
AB - Personality traits play a key role in understanding optimism, but few studies have examined how “darker” aspects of personality relate to individual differences in trait-level optimism. We examined whether the Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) were associated with individual differences in optimism in three convenience samples from America, Brazil, and Hungary (N = 937) using three measures of individual differences optimism (i.e., Life Orientation Test; Lerner Optimism Scale; Beck Hopelessness Scale). Our results were rather compelling in that across measures and countries sampled, narcissism was associated with more optimism whereas psychopathy and Machiavellianism were associated with less. Results are discussed in terms of how such outlooks or expectancies are likely to color the social interactions that people characterized by the Dark Triad traits engage in and the social consequences they may experience.
KW - Dark Triad
KW - Machiavellianism (psychology)
KW - narcissism
KW - optimism
KW - psychopathy
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:47814
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2018.06.020
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2018.06.020
M3 - Article
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 134
SP - 190
EP - 194
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -