Are the Links Between Dark Traits of Personality and Violent Attitudes Mediated by a Propensity to Morally Disengage? An Exploratory Study
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Abstract
The current study examined moral disengagement mediation effects related to the dark traits of personality – the Dark Core and the Dark Tetrad composed of Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism – and violent attitude links. The sample consisted of 354 participants (M = 32.02 years, SD = 13.26 years) from economically and socially deprived areas in the south of Portugal. Mediation analysis employing path analysis statistical procedures mostly indicated that moral disengagement partially mediates the relations between the dark traits of personality – Dark Core and Dark Tetrad – predictors and the violent attitudes outcome. The exception was the narcissism factor of the Dark Tetrad, which presented non-significant mediation results. Cognitive mechanisms, such as moral disengagement, can act as mediators between dark personality traits and violent attitudes. These results underscore the importance of considering the multifaceted nature of dark personality traits when associating it with complex outcomes, such as violent attitudes.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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