@article{ref1,
title="Don't threaten me and my dark side or even self-harm won't stop me from hurting you",
journal="Personality and individual differences",
year="2014",
author="Lämmle, Lena and Oedl, Christina and Ziegler, Matthias",
volume="67",
number="",
pages="87-91",
abstract="The present study aims to investigate whether our dark side not only leads to aggressive behavior against others but also to direct deliberate self-harming behavior when the ego is threatened. One hundred and seventy two students of sports science were recruited as participants (60.7% female) with a mean age of 20.98 (SD = 1.95). Participants filled out the German versions of the NPI, Mach IV and the SRP-III. To assess direct deliberate self-harming behavior, a white-noise-aggression to others and to self paradigm was used. <br><br>FINDINGS revealed that mainly the common core of the dark side of personality and not its facets (only narcissism to a very small extent) predicted direct deliberate self-harming behavior. These results highlight the necessity for researching this &quot;vulnerable dark side&quot; to obtain a better understanding of the Dark Triad members acting in situations with ego-threats (especially self-esteem threats).<p />",
language="en",
issn="0191-8869",
doi="10.1016/j.paid.2013.12.024",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.12.024"
}