RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Dark triad and depression: The moderating effect of gender
A1 Gómez-Leal, Raquel
A1 Megías-Robles, Alberto
A1 Cabello-González, Rosario
A1 Gutiérrez-Cobo, María José
A1 García Fernández-Abascal, Enrique
A1 Fernández-Berrocal, Pablo
K1 Depresión mental
AB The Dark Triad (DT) is composed of three closely related personality traits: Psychopathy, Narcissism, and Machiavellianism. These traits have been linked to emotional deficits. The aim of the current study was to explore how the three personality traits comprising the DT could be related to depression symptoms. For this purpose, a total of seven hundred fifty-two adults (M = 35.60 years) completed a questionnaire battery including DT and Depression measures. Our findings revealed that there are a series of factors characterising individuals with high DT scores that can be related to depression problems. The sub-dimensions of callous affect, interpersonal manipulation, and criminal tendencies for psychopathy, cynical view of human nature for machiavellianism, and entitlement, self-sufficiency, and vanity for narcissism are the factors that best predicted possible depression symptoms. Furthermore, the effect of these factors on depression was a function of gender. These findings may be an excellent tool for the development and implementation of better prevention and treatment programs aimed at decreasing the negative consequences suffered by individuals with high DT scores, which could potentially benefit both clinical practice and society in general. In addition, our results also indicate the importance of considering the effects of gender in the studied relationships.
YR 2019
FD 2019-09-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/18256
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/18256
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 23 ene 2026