@article{ref1,
title="Personality, the Dark Triad and violence",
journal="Personality and individual differences",
year="2014",
author="Pailing, Andrea and Boon, Julian C. W. and Egan, Vincent",
volume="67",
number="",
pages="81-86",
abstract="Aggression involves using force to dominate a situation, whereas violence uses force to do intentional harm. Previous research suggests the Dark Triad underlies much anti-social behaviour, and is associated with aggression. We extend this work to examine whether Dark Triad constructs predict self-reported violence. The Dark Triad, measured using the SD3, was examined in relation to normal personality traits as indexed by the HEXACO, which comprises a general Big Five structure with the addition of an Honest-Humility dimension. We also measured impulsivity using the I-7. A sample of 159 adults completed the measures. Principal Components Analysis revealed Machiavellianism, psychopathy and violence loaded on the same factor, which also had negative loadings for HEXACO domains of Honesty-Humility and Agreeableness. Narcissism loaded on a separate factor which was also defined by Extraversion. Hierarchical regression analyses found Agreeableness a more powerful predictor of violence than psychopathy or Machiavellianism, both of which showed a trend to this association; narcissism had no effect. Agreeableness emerged as the strongest negative predictor of violence, and exclusively explained the majority of variance in violence scores. <br><br>FINDINGS are discussed regarding the centrality of low agreeableness as a driving force behind the Dark Triad and the constructs it predicts.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0191-8869",
doi="10.1016/j.paid.2013.11.018",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.11.018"
}