TY - JOUR

T1 - THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL INTEGRATION OF “DARK” TRAITS AND SOCIALLY AVERSIVE PERSONALITY PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

AU - Scholz, David D.

AU - Zimmermann, Johannes

AU - Moshagen, Morten

AU - Zettler, Ingo

AU - Hilbig, Benjamin E.

N1 - Funding Information: Funding statement. This research was supported by a grant from the Deutsche Forsc-hungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) - GRK 2277 \u201CStatistical Modeling in Psychology.\u201D Data availability. Data used for the pilot study stem from the Prosocial Personality Project (PPP) and are, in part, a reanalysis of data used by both Scholz et al. (2022) and Hilbig et al. (2023). For details on that as well as access to all materials, data, and analysis scripts, please see the files accompanying this manuscript on the Open Science Framework (OSF; https://osf.io/uc38x/). Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Guilford Press.

PY - 2024/6

Y1 - 2024/6

N2 - Conceptual work integrating constructs from mainstream personality research (especially so-called “dark” traits) and clinical psychopathology research has been limited. Herein, we propose all socially and/or ethically aversive traits as “flavored” manifestations of the D factor of personality (D). We argue that the D framework provides the commonality of all aversive traits, including the aversive traits from the DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD), a more thorough theoretical foundation. Moreover, D covers aspects that are not captured by any of the aversive AMPD traits directly (e.g., greed), thus offering indications for possible expansions to the AMPD. We tested our predictions in two online studies (N = 1,781 and N = 2,006) using quota-representative samples of the German population regarding age and gender. Twelve aversive traits from mainstream personality research and eight aversive AMPD traits were assessed together with consequential behavior in an economic game. Analyses using structural equation modeling overall confirmed predictions.

AB - Conceptual work integrating constructs from mainstream personality research (especially so-called “dark” traits) and clinical psychopathology research has been limited. Herein, we propose all socially and/or ethically aversive traits as “flavored” manifestations of the D factor of personality (D). We argue that the D framework provides the commonality of all aversive traits, including the aversive traits from the DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD), a more thorough theoretical foundation. Moreover, D covers aspects that are not captured by any of the aversive AMPD traits directly (e.g., greed), thus offering indications for possible expansions to the AMPD. We tested our predictions in two online studies (N = 1,781 and N = 2,006) using quota-representative samples of the German population regarding age and gender. Twelve aversive traits from mainstream personality research and eight aversive AMPD traits were assessed together with consequential behavior in an economic game. Analyses using structural equation modeling overall confirmed predictions.

KW - antagonism

KW - dark factor of personality

KW - dark traits

KW - dark triad

KW - DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders

KW - maladaptive traits

KW - psychopathology

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U2 - 10.1521/pedi.2024.38.3.241

DO - 10.1521/pedi.2024.38.3.241

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 38857161

AN - SCOPUS:85195621957

VL - 38

SP - 241

EP - 267

JO - Journal of Personality Disorders

JF - Journal of Personality Disorders

SN - 0885-579X

IS - 3

ER -