Abstract

BONFA-ARAUJO, Bruno et al. The Dark Triad of Personality: Affects and Locus of Control. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2020, vol.38, n.3, pp.1-.  Epub Mar 12, 2021. ISSN 1794-4724.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.8652.

The Dark Triad of personality -narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy- portrays antagonistic, insensitive, and socially aversive characteristics. It is known that personality, both healthy and pathological, affects several factors in the lives of individuals. This study aimed to understand the explanatory capacity of the Dark Triad in positive and negative affects and in the locus of control. For this purpose, two studies were carried out. The first of them comprised 154 participants, with an average age of 27.14 years (SD = 9.28) who answered the Dirty Dozen and the Positive and Negative Affections Scale. The second study consisted of 660 participants, with a mean age of 22.83 years (SD = 7.21) who were evaluated by the Short Dark Triad and the Multidimensional Scale of Locus of Control. The results indicated that the Dark Triad positively explains negative affects, while Machiavellianism negatively explains locus of external control. Narcissism and psychopathy clarify the locus of internal control -negatively and positively, respectively. Such findings are possible explanations for the aversive outcomes in individuals with high scores in the Dark Triad, so that they experience more displeasure and anger, as well as exempt themselves from their emotional responsibilities and are satisfied when they notice that they cause harm to others.

Keywords : Internal external locus of control; machiavellianism; narcissism; psychopathy; personality traits.

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