Hedonism, Achievement, and Power: Universal values that characterize the Dark Triad

The relationships between triarchic psychopathic traits and value orientations in men and women

“…On the other hand, selfishness and greed for power embodied in psychopathy incline them towards hedonistic values encompassing the values of enjoying life, a high standard of living, pleasure and sensuous gratification for oneself, social prestige, control and dominance over people. The finding of the positive relationship of meanness with hedonistic values and the negative relationship with conventional values is in line with previous studies showing that psychopathy is positively correlated with hedonistic values (Kajonius et al, 2015;Abraham & Rahjardo, 2015) and negatively with the values such as collective interests and self-transcendence . It is also in line with the studies showing that hedonistic and non-conventional value orientations are associated with an inclination towards an aggressive and egocentric pattern of behaviour (Vlah, Lončarić, & Tatalović Vorkapić, 2011b), the same pattern which is a characteristic of psychopaths.…”

“…Drislane & Patrick, 2016). With respect to value orientations, women reported higher self-realization values and lower hedonistic values, in accordance with previous research showing that men exhibited higher hedonistic and lower relativistic sexual values than females (Abraham & Rahardjo, 2015), and similar to research which reported higher achievement, power and stimulation in men, and higher universalism (e.g., social justice, equality), and benevolence (e.g., helpfulness, loyalty) in women (Kajonius et al, 2015).…”

“…XIX 2 scale (LSRP; Levenson et al, 1995), found that psychopathy (as measured by the total score on LSRP) had a positive relationship with hedonistic sexual values (example items for hedonistic sexual values are: "Dating is one of the simple ways to satisfy sexual needs", "There is nothing wrong if one views sex as a source of worldly pleasures") and relativistic sexual values (example item being: "Sexual intercourse with an unsteady partner is feasible as long as promoting safe sexual behaviour"), and a negative relationship with absolute/ conservative/traditional sexual values (example items: "Husband or wife must not have sex with someone else other than their committed partner"; "Sexual relation before marriage is permissive to do" -reversely scored) (Abraham & Rahardjo, 2015). Kajonius et al (2015) examined the relationships between the Dark Triad traits, which encompass psychopathy, and values. The results showed that psychopathy was positively associated with power (e.g.…”

When the dark ones gain power: Perceived position power strengthens the effect of supervisor Machiavellianism on abusive supervision in work teams

“…Although individuals scoring high on either one of the Dark Triad traits value power (Kajonius et al, 2015), not all of them will engage in more abusive supervision when they have power. Specifically, we hypothesize that supervisor Machiavellianism and psychopathy will be more strongly positively related to abusive supervision of team members with increasing levels of power (H2).…”

Insensitivity to suffering: the relation of psychopathic traits to somatic processing, first-person and third-person pain.

“…The low tolerance levels seen may instead be a reflection of the personality characteristics associated with psychopathy. For example psychopaths are well known for their selfishness, hedonism, and tendency to avoid discomfort (Checkley, 1964;Hare, 1970;Kajonius, Persson & Jonason, 2015). With these traits in mind, it is easy to imagine that individuals high in psychopathic traits are simply less willing to endure pain than individuals low in these traits when there are no benefits for them to gain.…”