Dark Tetrad and COVID-19 protective measures: Mediating effects of risk-taking tendencies

Konc, Iva; Petrović, Kristina; Dinić, Bojana M.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.111341

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“…The findings obtained add to the evidence that moral disengagement acts as a socio-cognitive strategy that justifies morally unacceptable actions to perpetrate harm to others [ 34 , 55 , 56 ], even at the risk of their own health, in the context of the pandemic. These results are confined, in particular, to young people with higher education, which leaves gaps that require further research, because there is evidence that parents tend to assume more protective behaviors regarding the pandemic [ 57 ].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 59%

Moral Disengagement, Dark Triad and Face Mask Wearing during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chávez-Ventura

Santa-Cruz-Espinoza

Domínguez-Vergara

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Not wearing a face mask, despite the sanitary recommendation, represented a public health risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, the aim of the study was to determine the mediating role of moral disengagement in the relationship between the dark triad and face mask wearing during the second wave of the pandemic. We worked with a sample made up of 534 adults, who were administered the Dirty Dozen Dark test, the Moral Disengagement Mechanisms Scale and a questionnaire on the frequency of use of face masks. The results showed that moral disengagement mediates the effect of each trait of the dark triad (Machiavellianism, psychopathy and narcissism) on the use of face masks. It is concluded that those who possess any of the dark personality traits morally disengage in order not to use a face mask, exercising a reckless behavior of the possible contagion of COVID-19 to others.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 59%

Moral Disengagement, Dark Triad and Face Mask Wearing during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chávez-Ventura

Santa-Cruz-Espinoza

Domínguez-Vergara

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“…(1) evolutionary-based life history theory; (2) psychometric validity of the construct, including empathy, emotional intelligence, and revenge; (3) basic personality models (e.g., Big Five and HEXACO); and (4) gender differences, evolutionary psychology, and deception. Notably, given the focus of the present study, DT was found to be negatively associated with pro-social practices, including equity and altruism (Giancola et al, 2022a), as well as adherence to prevention guidelines and unwillingness to be vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., Giancola, 2022;Konc et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Nevertheless, antivaccination movements have heavily fought back against vaccination campaigns, mainly during the COVID-19 pandemic (Lin & Wang, 2020), representing one of the ten most Machiavellianism, and narcissism), underpinning inappropriate, unethical, and aversive behaviours (Paulhus & Williams, 2002). Previous studies showed that DT negatively affects people's disposition in engaging healthy behaviours against COVID-19, including the willingness to be vaccinated (e.g., Howard, 2022;Konc et al, 2022). However, the key mechanism involved in this association has not been explored so far.…”

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confidence: 99%

Dark Triad and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: the role of conspiracy beliefs and risk perception

2023

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prominent health threats (WHO, 2020). Past research suggested that vaccine hesitancy depends on different causes, including demographics, knowledge about the virus and vaccine, past infection, religious and political interests as well as individual dispositions, such as personality (e.g., Murphy et al., 2021; Shachman et al., 2021). This latter has been widely conceptualised as a hard-core and relatively stable variable involving biological, social (i.e., norms, values, roles, and authority), and intrapsychic factors determining, causing, and explaining people's behaviours (DeYoung, 2010;Dwairy, 2002), including protective practices against the COVID-19 (Reagu et al., 2023). For instance, Abdelrahman (2022) found that Conscientiousness and Neuroticism were positively associated, while Agreeableness was negatively related to personal hygiene practices and social distancing. It is worth noting that research on the association between personality and healthy behaviours against COVID-19 has been overwhelmed by the Big Five model (Reagu et al., 2023;Abdelrahman, 2022), whereas little empirical evidence has been collected on other personality taxonomies, such as the Dark Triad (DT). This personality model reflects a constellation of three theoretically distinctive yet interconnected personality traits (i.e., psychopathy,

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“…Given the strongly-held beliefs about COVID-19 vaccine mandate, it is clear that the foundations of these opinions are largely dispositional. Scholars have examined the effect of various psychological and sociological factors on attitudes toward the pandemic, such as willingness to vaccinate and to follow mitigation guidelines ( Halstead et al, 2022 ; Kempthorne & Terrizzi, 2021 ; Konc et al, 2022 ). This project seeks to understand the relationship between personality traits, partisan self-identification, and popular attitudes toward a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.…”

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confidence: 99%

Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine mandate: The role of psychological characteristics and partisan self-identification

Viskupič

Wiltse

Kayaalp

2023

Personality and Individual Differences

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Dark Tetrad and COVID-19 protective measures: Mediating effects of risk-taking tendencies

Cited by 16 publications

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Moral Disengagement, Dark Triad and Face Mask Wearing during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Moral Disengagement, Dark Triad and Face Mask Wearing during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dark Triad and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: the role of conspiracy beliefs and risk perception

Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine mandate: The role of psychological characteristics and partisan self-identification

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