5 Recent Findings About Dark Personalities

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As researchers study people who are high in narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and sadism, they're making discoveries that could help everyone else deal with them

with people who possess characteristics similar to one's own—in a sample of 150 Polish heterosexual couples. Specifically, people who scored high on the personality dimension of narcissism tended to be with partners who also scored high on narcissism, while people who scored low on narcissism tended to be with lessPrevious research hinted that such a relationship might exist, but this study provides more compelling evidence that narcissists may indeed flock together.

Interestingly, the researchers found no evidence that narcissism was related to relationship satisfaction. In other words, narcissistic couples were no more or less happy than other couples. What was predictive of relationship satisfaction? The degree to which one’s partner was happy in the relationship.

 

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A narcissist cannot be alone, isolation, eats into their own “Superiority complex”!

Sadism - pleasure in hurting others. AKA Being an evil person.

lawd

I've always included sadism in with Machiavellian. DarkTriangle Personalities. Btw. They Seldom made it to power. Until the GOP in 2016.

Dark triad now includes sadism too. It's no longer a triad.

Sounds like professors of this mid-aged female student w/ 3.93gpa & 3 courses remaining in 2yr MS counseling program, 1st intrnshp exc eval, gave ltr AFTER student quit 9.5yr job for 2nd intrnship & WHILE impacted by local major gas disaster. Caused significant financial harm.

Wouldn’t this “dark tetrad” essentially be like the “persona” of the monster within our own shadows?

When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package. -John Ruskin.

I am an Emotional Researcher. I have had to deal with Narcissists and Bullies. This video teaches the concept of what I call, 'Blank Wall'. Learn what it is, and start applying it...Nothing to buy or join. Just take some notes.

That is a GOOD ARTICLE.... but THIS is how to deal with them... and if that doesn't work, might I suggest the astronaut training program and get them off the planet...

I was wondering if the participants of these researches could yield different results with culturally diverse backgrounds. I highly doubt that these results are universally applicable. Secondly, how could these dark personalities be manifest in some group behavior?

gadsaad Agree with everything (cause I’ve no idea myself TBH and he’s an expert) but a bit of a personal attack. They have articles here about narcissism, psychopathy and the like but I don’t think they’ve ever called an individual out on being those things

FreeGadSaad

Discoveries? Sound like my ideas. Funny!

FreeGad

You have perfectly described Democrats who support censorship and the silencing of opposing views. FreeGadSaad

Narcissism, at its high end, refers to someone who is self-obsessed and believes that they are special, gifted, and superior to others.

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