The Dark Side of the Affective Profiles

Abstract

The affective profiles model is based on the combination of individuals’ experience of high/low positive affect and high/low negative affect: self-fulfilling, high affective, low affective, and self-destructive. We used the profiles as the backdrop for the investigation of individual differences in malevolent character traits (i.e., the Dark Triad: psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism). A total of 1,000 participants (age: M = 31.50 SD = 10.27, 667 males and 333 females), recruited through Amazons’ Mechanical Turk (MTurk), responded to the Positive Affect Negative Affect Schedule and the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen. Individuals with a high affective profile reported higher degree of narcissism than those with any other profile, and together with individuals with a self-destructive profile, also higher degree of Machiavellianism and psychopathy than individuals with a low affective and self-fulfilling profile. Males scored higher in Machiavellianism and psychopathy. Together with earlier findings, our results show that while individuals in both the self-fulfilling and high affective profiles are extrovert and self-directed, only those in the high affective profile express an immature and malevolent character (i.e., high levels of all Dark Triad traits). Conversely, individuals in the self-fulfilling profile have earlier reported higher levels of cooperativeness and faith. More importantly, the unique association between high levels of positive emotions and narcissism and the unified association between negative emotions to both psychopathy and Machiavellianism imply a dyad rather than a triad of malevolent character traits.

Perfeccionismo socialmente prescrito y afectividad en población infantil española

“…Por ejemplo, los individuos con un perfil Afectivo Alto muestran una elevada persistencia y motivación de logro y son altamente trabajadores. Sin embargo, también suelen ser menos autónomos y más pesimistas, con tendencia a la preocupación y a la rumia sobre sus propias habilidades, así como altamente dependientes de las valoraciones externas, entre otros aspectos (García, Adrianson, Archer, y Rosenberg, 2015). No obstante, no existen evidencias previas acerca de la forma en que dichos perfiles afectivos se manifiestan durante la infancia.…”

How “dirty” is the Dark Triad? Dark character profiles, swearing, and sociosexuality

“…Full-size DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9620/ fig-1 neuroticism only when both narcissism and psychopathy were low, high narcissism and high conscientiousness were associated only when both Machiavellianism and psychopathy were also high, and high psychopathy and high neuroticism were associated only when Machiavellianism was low and narcissism was high . In other words, the Dark Cube analyses showed how the complex interactions between dark traits within the individual, an interaction that is often ignored in a majority of studies, may explain inconsistencies, such as, why high levels of psychopathy are in some studies associated to high levels of neuroticism and not associated at all in others (Garcia et al, 2015). More specifically, the Dark Cube analyses suggest that individuals high in psychopathy have a proneness to worry, rumination, hostility, sadness, hopelessness, impulsiveness, and sensitivity in social situations (i.e., high neuroticism) if they are also low in manipulative tendencies and highly narcissistic at the same time .…”

“…-The Merovingian in Matrix Reloaded (Silver, Wachowski & Wachowski, 2003) Dark personality traits are expressed as manipulativeness, a cynical worldview and lack of morality (i.e., Machiavellianism), a sense of grandiosity and vulnerable self-esteem (i.e., narcissism), and also low conscientiousness, high impulsivity, and high levels of thrillseeking behavior (i.e., psychopathy). Although each of these behaviors are associated with a specific dark character trait (Paulhus & Williams, 2002;Furnham, Richards & Paulhus, 2013;Hare, 1985;Jones & Paulhus, 2009;, individuals high in any of the dark character traits tend to be uncooperative and unagreeable (Garcia et al, 2015;Kajonius et al, 2016). In other words, malevolent character seems to be a form of immature character 1 expressed as being unempathetic, lacking self-control, and having low ''moral intuition''.…”

Peer Review #2 of "Questions of time and affect: a person’s affectivity profile, time perspective, and well-being (v0.1)"

“…The two affectivity dimensions are not only related to different behavior but also are probably influenced by the environment to different extent and have different genetic etiology (see Cloninger & Garcia, 2015). The independent inter-relationship of these two affectivity dimensions also implies that individuals do not only differ in affectivity between each other but also within themselves (Garcia, 2011;Garcia, Garcia, Adrianson, Archer & Rosenberg, 2015). If so, individuals might differ in the way they perceive time depending on their affective profile (i.e., different combinations of high/low positive/negative affect) and what is more, the way in which time perspective is related to well-being might be moderated by the individuals' own affective profile.…”