2017/10/01 by Sander Thomaes, Eddie Brummelman, Joshua D. Miller +1 · 33 citations
Psychology · #Big Five personality traits #Clinical psychology #Dark triad #Developmental psychology #MEDLINE #Machiavellianism #Mental Health Research Topics #Narcissism #Personality #Personality Disorders and Psychopathology #Personality Traits and Psychology #PsycINFO #Psychology #Psychopathology #Psychopathy #Social psychology
paper · open access · doi:10.1037/abn0000305
published in Journal of Abnormal Psychology 126(7), 835-842 (American Psychological Association)
openalex publication_date 2017/10/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
The young field of research on dark personality traits (i.e., socially aversive traits such as psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism) is gaining momentum. This Special Section examines the nature, origins, development, and sequelae of dark traits, underscoring their largely unappreciated relevance to abnormal psychology. The articles in this section adopt diverse perspectives (e.g., clinical, developmental, organizational, social personality), use diverse methods (e.g., longitudinal, experience sampling), and sample diverse populations (e.g., offenders, psychiatric outpatients, schoolchildren). As an introduction to the Special Section, this article identifies key conceptual and methodological challenges to the field of dark personality research. Its aim is to spur novel approaches to how dark personality traits are implicated in psychopathology and abnormal behavior more broadly. (PsycINFO Database Record