Destroying things for pleasure: On the relation of sadism and vandalism
Апстракт
Vandalism, the intentional act to destruct or to deface a property not one's own, has received surprisingly little attention in psychological research so far. The present contribution addresses this gap and applies a basic personality perspective to vandalism. Here, we focused on one specific manifestation of vandalism, that is, destroying things for pleasure. In the present study (N = 221), we assessed individual differences in sadism, the dark triad of psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism as well as the HEXACO personality model. Multiple regression analyses revealed that individual differences in sadism predict vandalistic acts that are executed for pleasure. This relation was shown to be independent of the dark triad and the HEXACO dimensions. As such, the present contribution suggests that sadistic orientations might play a role in vandalistic acts that are executed for pleasure. Implications for research on sadism and vandalism are discussed.
Кључне речи:
Vandalism / Sadism / HEXACO / Dark triad / Dark tetradИзвор:
Personality and Individual Differences, 2019, 140, 52-56Издавач:
- Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.049
ISSN: 0191-8869
WoS: 000461843400010
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85044974894
Институција/група
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Pfattheicher, Stefan AU - Keller, Johannes AU - Knežević, Goran PY - 2019 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2828 AB - Vandalism, the intentional act to destruct or to deface a property not one's own, has received surprisingly little attention in psychological research so far. The present contribution addresses this gap and applies a basic personality perspective to vandalism. Here, we focused on one specific manifestation of vandalism, that is, destroying things for pleasure. In the present study (N = 221), we assessed individual differences in sadism, the dark triad of psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism as well as the HEXACO personality model. Multiple regression analyses revealed that individual differences in sadism predict vandalistic acts that are executed for pleasure. This relation was shown to be independent of the dark triad and the HEXACO dimensions. As such, the present contribution suggests that sadistic orientations might play a role in vandalistic acts that are executed for pleasure. Implications for research on sadism and vandalism are discussed. PB - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford T2 - Personality and Individual Differences T1 - Destroying things for pleasure: On the relation of sadism and vandalism EP - 56 SP - 52 VL - 140 DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.049 ER -
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Pfattheicher, S., Keller, J.,& Knežević, G.. (2019). Destroying things for pleasure: On the relation of sadism and vandalism. in Personality and Individual Differences Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford., 140, 52-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.049
Pfattheicher S, Keller J, Knežević G. Destroying things for pleasure: On the relation of sadism and vandalism. in Personality and Individual Differences. 2019;140:52-56. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.049 .
Pfattheicher, Stefan, Keller, Johannes, Knežević, Goran, "Destroying things for pleasure: On the relation of sadism and vandalism" in Personality and Individual Differences, 140 (2019):52-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.049 . .