The relationship between the Dark Tetrad and a two-dimensional view of empathy
Апстракт
Although a disturbance in empathy has been related to all personality traits comprising the Dark Tetrad (i.e. Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, sadism), the relationship between different aspects of empathy and these dark traits measured jointly has not been empirically scrutinised. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the associations between the Dark Tetrad, the two-dimensional (cognitive vs affective) model of empathy, and the ability to recognize emotions. Participants (N = 576; 250 males) for this online study were recruited using the snowball sampling method via social networking sites. Results revealed that all personality traits were inversely related to both affective and cognitive empathy, except for a positive correlation between narcissism and cognitive empathy. The regression analyses showed that the unique aspects of the Dark Triad negatively predicted affective empathy, whereas only Machiavellianism (negatively) and narcissism (positively) pred...icted cognitive empathy. Although both psychopathy and sadism were inversely correlated with the performance in the emotion recognition task, only sadism remained as a significant negative predictor once the shared variance was accounted for. The findings established different empathic profiles of each dark trait, thus supporting the construct of the Dark Tetrad as a set of overlapping, yet distinctive traits.
Кључне речи:
Sadism / Psychopathy / Narcissism / Machiavellianism / Empathy / Dark TetradИзвор:
Personality and Individual Differences, 2018, 123, 125-130Издавач:
- Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.009
ISSN: 0191-8869
WoS: 000424069200021
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85034070467
Институција/група
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Pajević, Marija AU - Vukosavljević-Gvozden, Tatjana AU - Stevanović, Nikola AU - Neumann, Craig S. PY - 2018 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2641 AB - Although a disturbance in empathy has been related to all personality traits comprising the Dark Tetrad (i.e. Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, sadism), the relationship between different aspects of empathy and these dark traits measured jointly has not been empirically scrutinised. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the associations between the Dark Tetrad, the two-dimensional (cognitive vs affective) model of empathy, and the ability to recognize emotions. Participants (N = 576; 250 males) for this online study were recruited using the snowball sampling method via social networking sites. Results revealed that all personality traits were inversely related to both affective and cognitive empathy, except for a positive correlation between narcissism and cognitive empathy. The regression analyses showed that the unique aspects of the Dark Triad negatively predicted affective empathy, whereas only Machiavellianism (negatively) and narcissism (positively) predicted cognitive empathy. Although both psychopathy and sadism were inversely correlated with the performance in the emotion recognition task, only sadism remained as a significant negative predictor once the shared variance was accounted for. The findings established different empathic profiles of each dark trait, thus supporting the construct of the Dark Tetrad as a set of overlapping, yet distinctive traits. PB - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford T2 - Personality and Individual Differences T1 - The relationship between the Dark Tetrad and a two-dimensional view of empathy EP - 130 SP - 125 VL - 123 DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.009 ER -
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Pajević, M., Vukosavljević-Gvozden, T., Stevanović, N.,& Neumann, C. S.. (2018). The relationship between the Dark Tetrad and a two-dimensional view of empathy. in Personality and Individual Differences Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford., 123, 125-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.009
Pajević M, Vukosavljević-Gvozden T, Stevanović N, Neumann CS. The relationship between the Dark Tetrad and a two-dimensional view of empathy. in Personality and Individual Differences. 2018;123:125-130. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.009 .
Pajević, Marija, Vukosavljević-Gvozden, Tatjana, Stevanović, Nikola, Neumann, Craig S., "The relationship between the Dark Tetrad and a two-dimensional view of empathy" in Personality and Individual Differences, 123 (2018):125-130, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.009 . .