The Dark Triad and dispositional aggression

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

“…Narcissists engage in aggressive behaviors mainly towards those who threaten their ego, for instance, individuals who provide them with negative feedback. Left unprovoked, narcissists are not likely to display aggression (Bushman and Baumeister, 1998;Jones and Neria, 2015;Jones and Paulhus, 2010). Based on the available evidence, we therefore expect supervisor Machiavellianism and psychopathy to be positively related to perceptions of abusive supervision in teams (H1).…”

“…A recent study indicated that although Machiavellianism was not associated with overt or direct aggression, it was related to hostility. Psychopathy predicted the most overt and aggressive tendencies among the Dark Triad (Jones and Neria, 2015). Other studies have linked high Machiavellianism to a tendency to engage in counterproductive work behaviors, which includes harmful interpersonal acts similar to abuse (Dahling et al, 2009), and bullying at work (Pilch and Turska, 2015).…”

An actor–partner interdependence model of the Dark Triad and aggression in couples: Relationship duration moderates the link between psychopathy and argumentativeness

“…c Jonason, Duineveld, and Middleton (2015;N = 290). d Jones and Neria (2015;N = 325). e Random-effects meta-analysis of Dark Triad trait partial correlations (r p ) for bullying, violence, and both latent aggression measures (k = 4; N = 1577); see Introduction for 95% CIs.…”

“…A series of four large (Ns = 290-657) studies of adults examined the Dark Triad's relation to bullying (Baughman, Dearing, Giammarco, & Vernon, 2012), violence (Westhead & Egan, 2015), proactive and reactive aggression (Jonason, Duineveld, & Middleton, 2015), and four trait aggression subscales-anger, hostility, verbal aggression, and physical aggression (Jones & Neria, 2015). Across these four studies, zero-order correlations showed that all three Dark Triad traits related positively to total bullying, violence, proactive and reactive aggression, and trait aggression in adults (with narcissism-hostility being the sole non-significant relation).…”

Machiavellianism and romantic relationship dissolution

“…Indeed although Machiavellianism is associated with hostility, Machiavellian tactics are not (Jones & Neria, 2015). Such characteristics may influence the strategies that partners employ to end a relationship with a romantic partner.…”