The Dark Triad (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) has
been widely studied in social-personality psychology and the MMPI-2-RF is a
commonly used measure of personality structure and psychopathology in
clinical psychology. However, little work has considered the associations
between these two personality frameworks. The current research examined the
associations between the facets of the Dark Triad and subscales of the
MMPI-2-RF in order to gain a better understanding of dark personality
features. Data were collected in a single study from 81 undergraduate
participants. Multiple regression analyses revealed that the facets of the
Dark Triad had unique associations with the MMPI-2-RF subscales. For
example, the Emotional/Internalizing Dysfunction (EID) subscale was
negatively associated with the leadership/authority facet of narcissism and
primary psychopathy but it was positively associated with the
exploitativeness/entitlement facet of narcissism and Machiavellianism.
Discussion will focus on the implications of these results for our
understanding of the Dark Triad.
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