RT Journal Article
T1 Relationship between the Dark Triad and depressive symptoms.
A1 Gómez-Leal, Raquel
A1 Megías-Robles, Alberto
A1 Gutiérrez-Cobo, María José
A1 Cabello-González, Rosario
A1 García Fernández-Abascal, Enrique
A1 Fernández-Berrocal, Pablo
K1 Psicopatología
K1 Personalidad - Trastornos
K1 Depresión mental
AB The Dark Triad (DT) is composed of three closely related personality traits:psychopathy, Machiavellianism and narcissism. These traits have been linked toemotional deficits. The aim of the present study was to analyze the relationshipbetween the DT traits, including sub-dimensions, and depressive symptoms in orderto identify those factors most strongly associated with the development of depressionin individuals scoring high on DT. For these purposes, a total of 791 adults(M = 35.76 years; 24.91% males) completed a questionnaire battery including DTtraits and depression measures. A positive significant correlation was found betweenpsychopathy and Machiavellianism traits (total score and all sub-dimensions) anddepressive symptoms. For narcissism, the direction of the correlation was dependenton the sub-dimension assessed. A model explaining 26.2% of the depressivesymptoms scores was composed of the callous affect and criminal tendenciessub-dimensions of psychopathy, cynical view of human nature, which is asub-dimension of Machiavellianism, and entitlement and self-sufficiency, whichare sub-dimensions of narcissism. In addition, some of the relationships foundbetween DT sub-dimensions and depressive symptoms appeared to depend ongender. Our results could have implications for detection and intervention programsaimed at decreasing the negative emotional consequences suffered by individualswith high DT scores. Limitations and future lines of research are discussed.
PB Peer J.
YR 2019
FD 2019-11-29
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31742
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31742
LA eng
NO Gómez-Leal R, Megías-Robles A, Gutiérrez-Cobo MJ, Cabello R, Fernández-Abascal EG, Fernández-Berrocal P. 2019. Relationship between the Dark Triad and depressive symptoms. PeerJ 7:e8120 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8120
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026