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Country‐level correlates of the Dark Triad traits in 49 countries
Author(s) -
Jonason Peter K.,
ŻemojtelPiotrowska Magdalena,
Piotrowski Jarosław,
Sedikides Constantine,
Campbell W. Keith,
Gebauer Jochen E.,
Maltby John,
Adamovic Mladen,
Adams Byron G.,
Kadiyono Anissa Lestari,
Atitsogbe Kokou A.,
Bundhoo Harshalini Y.,
Bălțătescu Sergiu,
Bilić Snežana,
Brulin Joel Gruneau,
Chobthamkit Phatthanakit,
Del Carmen Dominguez Alejandra,
DragovaKoleva Sonya,
ElAstal Sofián,
Esteves Carla Sofia,
Labib M. Eldesoki Walaa,
Gouveia Valdiney V.,
Gundolf Katherine,
Ilisko Dzintra,
Jauk Emanuel,
Kamble Shanmukh V.,
Khachatryan Narine,
KlicperovaBaker Martina,
Knezovic Emil,
Kovacs Monika,
Lei Xuejun,
Liik Kadi,
Mamuti Agim,
MoretaHerrera Carlos Rodrigo,
Milfont Taciano L.,
Wei Ong Chin,
Osin Evgeny,
Park Joonha,
Petrovic Boban,
RamosDiaz Jano,
Ridic Goran,
Qadir Abdul,
Samekin Adil,
Sawicki Artur,
Tiliouine Habib,
Tomsik Robert,
Umeh Charles S.,
den Bos Kees,
Van Hiel Alain,
Uslu Osman,
Wlodarczyk Anna,
Yahiiaev Illia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/jopy.12569
Subject(s) - dark triad , narcissism , machiavellianism , psychology , psychopathy , big five personality traits , social psychology , world values survey , personality , trait , developmental psychology , computer science , programming language
Objectives The Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) capture individual differences in aversive personality to complement work on other taxonomies, such as the Big Five traits. However, the literature on the Dark Triad traits relies mostly on samples from English‐speaking (i.e., Westernized) countries. We broadened the scope of this literature by sampling from a wider array of countries. Method We drew on data from 49 countries ( N = 11,723; 65.8% female; Age Mean = 21.53) to examine how an extensive net of country‐level variables in economic status (e.g., Human Development Index), social relations (e.g., gender equality), political orientations (e.g., democracy), and cultural values (e.g., embeddedness) relate to country‐level rates of the Dark Triad traits, as well as variance in the magnitude of sex differences in them. Results Narcissism was especially sensitive to country‐level variables. Countries with more embedded and hierarchical cultural systems were more narcissistic. Also, sex differences in narcissism were larger in more developed societies: Women were less likely to be narcissistic in developed (vs. less developed) countries. Conclusions We discuss the results based on evolutionary and social role models of personality and sex differences. That higher country‐level narcissism was more common in less developed countries, whereas sex differences in narcissism were larger in more developed countries, is more consistent with evolutionary than social role models.