- Title
- Dark Triad traits as predictors of adherence to traditional masculine norms in men
- Creator
- van Doorn, George; Dye, Jacob
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/185249
- Identifier
- vital:16645
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.2021.4.539-569
- Identifier
- ISBN:1821-0147 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- The present study examined whether Dark Triad traits explain variance in men's adherence to traditional masculine norms (Playboy, Self-Reliance, Emotional Control, Winning, Violence, Heterosexual Self-Presentation, Risk-Taking, and Power over Women). Two-hundred and thirty-seven English speaking men (aged 18 to 62 years) completed online versions of the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale-III, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, the Mach-IV, and the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory-29. Results from regression analyses showed that the psychopathic trait Callous Affect positively predicted men's Need to Win, Emotional Control, Violence, and Power Over Women; Erratic Lifestyle was a positive predictor of Risk-Taking; and Antisocial Behaviour was a positive predictor of Playboy. Machiavellianism predicted only Violence. The Narcissistic sub-trait Leadership positively predicted Risk-Taking; Manipulativeness predicted Risk-Taking and Violence; Superiority predicted Risk-Taking and Power over Women; Vanity predicted Self-Reliance; and Exhibitionism predicted Emotional Control. We conclude that whilst Callous Affect appears to hold the highest predictive validity, the Dark Triad traits differentially predict adherence to specific masculine norms. © 2021 The Author(s).
- Publisher
- Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- Relation
- Primenjena Psihologija Vol. 14, no. 4 (2021), p. 539-569
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 The Author(s)
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 5203 Clinical and health psychology; Dark triad; Machiavellianism; Masculinity; Narcissism; Psychopathy
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