Understanding what makes dark traits “vulnerable”: A distinction between indifference and hostility

Curtis, Shelby R.; Jones, Daniel N.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.109941

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“…These suggestions are also in line with previous studies finding negative associations between cynical hostility and social support (Holt-Lunstad et al, 2008). The deficits in contact and support of women with high levels of cynical hostility, and their links to loneliness highlight their potential vulnerability (Curtis & Jones, 2020;Segel-Karpas & Ayalon, 2019).…”

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“…Lonely people perceive others as not being close enough to fulfill their social needs, whereas people with a higher level of cynical hostility perceive others as untrustworthy, a potential threat, and a source of wrongdoing (Peplau & Perlman, 1982;Smith et al, 2004). Therefore, both loneliness and cynical hostility are schemas characterized by a sense of aloneness and vulnerability (Curtis & Jones, 2020;Segel-Karpas & Ayalon, 2019).…”

Section: Loneliness and Cynical Hostilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cynical Hostility and Loneliness in Older Adult Married Couples: An Indirect Effect Through Friendships

Segel-Karpas

Ermer

2020

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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Objectives Cynical hostility is a cognitive schema according to which people cannot be trusted, and it has associations with individuals’ loneliness. The present study takes a dyadic approach to examine whether cynical hostility is related to one’s own and their spouse’s loneliness. We further explore whether friendship factors serve as a mediator between individuals’ and spouses’ cynical hostility and loneliness. Method We used two waves of the Health and Retirement Study (N=1065 couples) and Actor-Partner Interdependence Models (APIMs) with Mediation to examine the proposed model. Mediation was tested with the construction of path models and significance levels were reached using bootstrapping. Results For both husbands and wives, cynical hostility was significantly associated with loneliness. Husband’s loneliness was also significantly associated with his wife’s cynical hostility, but wife’s loneliness was not associated with her husband’s cynical hostility. We further found that the association between wife's own cynical hostility and loneliness was mediated by lower levels of contact with, and support from friends. Friendship factors did not serve as mediators for husbands. Discussion Husbands and wives who have higher levels of cynical hostility may be more vulnerable to loneliness. High levels of cynical hostility in women may be related to deficits in their quantity and quality of friendship, and thus be associated with loneliness. Men who are married to women with a higher level of cynical hostility may experience increased loneliness, but this relationship is not explained by men’s friendships.

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Section: Findings For Indirect Effects Of Friendshipsupporting

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Section: Loneliness and Cynical Hostilitymentioning

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Cynical Hostility and Loneliness in Older Adult Married Couples: An Indirect Effect Through Friendships

Segel-Karpas

Ermer

2020

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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“…Examining individual differences in the dark triad traits may be particularly informative in this context. Researchers have argued that indifference is the basic underlying core of the dark triad traits (Curtis & Jones, 2020), as it is associated with antisocial outcomes such as low altruism (Paulhus & Williams, 2002). Individuals high in Machiavellianism engage in both religion and prosocial behaviors for nonaltruistic reasons to fulfill their personal desires (Aghababaei et al, 2014; Jonason et al, 2015).…”

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A person-centered approach to the dark triad traits and religiousness: Examining differences in intellectual humility, prosociality, and mental health in U.S. college students.

Lee¹,

Ratchford²,

Ming³

et al. 2024

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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The present study uses a person-centered approach to examine personality profiles of religious variables and the dark triad traits in relation to intellectual humility, prosociality, and mental health cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Undergraduates at a religious university completed assessments across two timepoints (Time 1: N = 1,006; Time 2: N = 126). Latent profile analyses were conducted at Time 1 to examine profiles of religiousness (i.e., religious practices, vertical faith maturity, Christian orthodoxy, spiritual struggles, religious identity) and the dark triad traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy) on distal outcomes (i.e., intellectual humility, altruism, indifference, depression, anxiety, stress) at Time 1, Time 2 (2 years later), and Time 2 controlling for Time 1. Results revealed five profiles (low religious, struggling religious, moderates, prosocial religious, antisocial religious) that differed across outcomes. At Time 1, prosocial religious and antisocial religious scored highest in religiousness, but antisocial religious scored higher in the dark triad traits, indifference, depression, anxiety, and stress and lower in intellectual humility and altruism than prosocial religious. Struggling religious scored higher in depression, anxiety, and stress than other profiles at Time 1. Moderates scored higher on intellectual humility-openness compared to prosocial religious and antisocial religious at Time 2, and still scored higher than antisocial religious after controlling for Time 1. The findings suggest there are distinct profiles of religiousness and dark triad traits that predict outcomes cross-sectionally and longitudinally. This study demonstrates the value of taking a person-centered approach to examine the dark triad traits and religiousness.

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“…Moreover, hostile employees also attempt to get colleagues' support instead of practicing enjoyment from their job. Secondly, employees with hostility have a lower level of self-determined motivation because of powerlessness, inability to control situations and lower ability to tackle integrated values and goals, ultimately diminishing employees' AEM (Shelby and Jones, 2020). Hostile individuals contemplate getting financial and non-financial benefits to ensure the loss of values and goals.…”

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The paradoxical effect of perceived organizational politics on employees motivation: the mediation role of hostility and moderating role of organizational injustice

Nazir

Khadim

Asadullah

et al. 2023

EBHRM

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PurposeThis research aims to unpack the relationship between employees' perceived organizational politics (POP) and their self-determined motivation by itemizing the mediating role of hostility and a moderating role of organizational injustice.Design/methodology/approachData were collected at two different times from 270 employees working in various universities in Pakistan. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe findings revealed that POP negatively influence intrinsic motivation, autonomous extrinsic motivation and positively impact amotivation, whereas POP does not affect employees' controlled extrinsic motivation. Furthermore, POP positively influences hostility. Moreover, hostility mediates the relationships between perceived organizational politics and self-determined motivation. Finally, the findings also revealed that the relationship between perceived organizational politics and hostility was stronger when the perceived organizational injustice was high.Practical implications POP can lead to intentional efforts to harm the organization by enhancing employee hostility, which divulges how this peril can be restrained by implanting organizational fairness. Moreover, proactive employees with superior emotional intelligence skills have a greater capability to control their negative emotions. Emotional intelligence (EI) training can effectively reduce the hostility between employees provoked by POP and ultimately diminish self-determined motivation.Originality/valueThe current study revealed that ambiguous forms of political behavior trigger isolated work emotions, negatively affecting organizational sustainability and outcomes. These results have valuable suggestions regarding organizational injustice as a moderator to diminish the hostility resulting from POP.

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Understanding what makes dark traits “vulnerable”: A distinction between indifference and hostility

Cited by 13 publications

References 43 publications

Cynical Hostility and Loneliness in Older Adult Married Couples: An Indirect Effect Through Friendships

Cynical Hostility and Loneliness in Older Adult Married Couples: An Indirect Effect Through Friendships

A person-centered approach to the dark triad traits and religiousness: Examining differences in intellectual humility, prosociality, and mental health in U.S. college students.

The paradoxical effect of perceived organizational politics on employees motivation: the mediation role of hostility and moderating role of organizational injustice

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