Open AccessThe Effects of the Dark Triad Traits on the Five Pillars of Positive Psychology: The Moderation Effect of Gender
Author(s) -
Beáta Grabovac,
Jelena Šakotić-Kurbalija
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
primenjena psihologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2334-7287
pISSN - 1821-0147
DOI - 10.19090/pp.2021.4.483-508
Subject(s) - machiavellianism , moderation , psychology , dark triad , narcissism , psychopathy , mental health , psychological resilience , positive psychology , context (archaeology) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , personality , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
The current study investigated the effects of the Dark Triad traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) on mental health indicators from the viewpoint of positive psychology. Additionally, the moderation effect of gender was explored in the context of these relationships. The sample consisted of Hungarian adults from Serbia (439, 54% women). The participants completed the Short Dark Triad Scale (SD3) and the Mental Health Test (MHT), which is a new measure of mental health that can identify levels of well-being, savoring, creative and executing efficiency, self-regulation, and resilience. Results showed that narcissism positively predicted all mental health indicators, while psychopathy negatively predicted all indicators, except for resilience, with which it showed no significant relationship. Machiavellianism was a positive predictor of savoring, creative and executing efficiency, but a negative predictor of self-regulation and resilience and it had no significant effect on well-being. There was no significant moderation effect of gender.