Psychol Rev October 2018 PMID 29999338

The dark core of personality.

Morten Moshagen, Benjamin E Hilbig, Ingo Zettler

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The collective discussions show strong agreement on the existence and significance of the 'dark core' of personality, with examples such as references to studies with thousands of participants and traits like narcissism and psychopathy. The tone is analytical and curious, reflecting high interest and deep engagement in understanding how these traits influence behavior and moral judgments.

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Yuuko Morimoto
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パーソナリティのダークコアは,性行動や性的ハラスメント,性差別と関連しているよという研究。/ The dark core of personality predicts mate poaching, jealousy, sociosexual orientation, ambivalent sexism, and attitudes toward sexual harassment https://t.co/3tKesharui

May 26, 2024 · 22 likes · 8 shares · 9,247 followers View post →
やまみー
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自分ファーストな輩は、切り捨てるべき可能性が高い。 自分ファーストの輩には、 「いい人のふりして他人を攻撃する」 と最も質の悪い輩もいるから。 質の悪い輩を捨てれば、ビジネスの憂いがなくなる。 ビジネスの憂いがなくなれば、足を止める懸念がなくなるよね! https://t.co/2Jdp5BXIQ5

Jul 14, 2020 · 5 likes · 4 shares · 45,806 followers View post →
Psychological Test Adaptation and Development
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✨ New in PTAD!

Apr 16, 2025 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 289 followers View post →
BCOlive
@VanBizWiz · X

Psychologists define the 'dark core of personality' https://t.co/ctjqzp1ktO Dark Tetrad...Dark Triad...what we see in many people, businesses, organizations & institutions today. Where does the law stand? #Canada #cdnpoli #BritishColumbia #bcpoli #abpoli #onpoli #Ottawa #Canada https://t.co/fCcwNuNMZe

Jun 9, 2023 · 2 likes · 1 share · 937 followers View post →
bigfive-org
@BigFiveOrg · X

Explore the "Dark Core of Personality" and understand the hidden traits that influence behavior.

Jun 2, 2024 · 2 likes · 48 followers View post →
Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK
@doctorow · X

#5yrsago Large scale psych study identifies “#HomoEconomicus” as the source of all evil in the world https://t.co/3q4B0CWq8X #5yrsago #JustinTrudeau’s #NAFTA concessions include 20 year #CopyrightExtension https://t.co/IPwlCbb0oW 12/ https://t.co/DZMvyhkncq

Oct 2, 2023 · 1 like · 470,021 followers View post →

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Greegle Mudzone
@greegle_mudzone · X

https://t.co/M439XqyPow https://t.co/Vgr3Idmrpc Seems there is a putative dark triad unifying factor after all. Deleted my old post thinking I was talking out of place.

Oct 3, 2025 · 107 followers View post →
Andres C
@AndresC102030 · X

RT @pitiklinov: Pero los psicólogos han propuesto que existiría un Factor D (de Dark, Oscuro) o núcleo oscuro de la personalidad, es decir,…

May 9, 2025 · 8 shares · 1,009 followers View post →
René Proyer
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RT @PTAD_journal: ✨ New in PTAD!

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RT @PTAD_journal: ✨ New in PTAD!

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Psychological Test Adaptation and Development
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✨ New in PTAD!

Apr 16, 2025 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 289 followers View post →
DAILY BASE
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A study of over 2,500 people reveals that nine dark personality traits—like narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism—share a single underlying trait called the D Factor. https://t.co/tNvdpTmyyk

Mar 7, 2025 · 59 followers View post →
Paul Quibell-smith
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Psychologists define the 'dark core of personality' https://t.co/ml0ZUnhMnI

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PsyArXivBot
@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Bluesky

Outsiders in the Moral Domain: The dark core of personality and moral foundations: http://osf.io/wrdhq/

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rwsanders
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@dlingenfelter Here is the beans and rice: circa 2018 Psychologists define the 'dark core of personality' https://t.co/KYN5BXA8Vk (Although some wish if we were going back in time and rehashing the past, that we could have low restaurant and food prices again.)

Nov 23, 2024 · 1 like · 316 followers View post →
bigfive-org
@BigFiveOrg · X

Explore the "Dark Core of Personality" and understand the hidden traits that influence behavior.

Jun 2, 2024 · 2 likes · 48 followers View post →
SUMITA MIKIO
@MikioSumita · X

RT @myuuko: パーソナリティのダークコアは,性行動や性的ハラスメント,性差別と関連しているよという研究。/ The dark core of personality predicts mate poaching, jealousy, sociosexual orien…

May 27, 2024 · 8 shares · 705 followers View post →
チル
@arigatou0815 · X

RT @myuuko: パーソナリティのダークコアは,性行動や性的ハラスメント,性差別と関連しているよという研究。/ The dark core of personality predicts mate poaching, jealousy, sociosexual orien…

May 27, 2024 · 8 shares · 253 followers View post →
peekaboo_929
@peekaboo_929 · X

RT @myuuko: パーソナリティのダークコアは,性行動や性的ハラスメント,性差別と関連しているよという研究。/ The dark core of personality predicts mate poaching, jealousy, sociosexual orien…

May 27, 2024 · 8 shares · 274 followers View post →
Takuro Tomita(富田拓郎)
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RT @myuuko: パーソナリティのダークコアは,性行動や性的ハラスメント,性差別と関連しているよという研究。/ The dark core of personality predicts mate poaching, jealousy, sociosexual orien…

May 27, 2024 · 8 shares · 1,538 followers View post →
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RT @myuuko: パーソナリティのダークコアは,性行動や性的ハラスメント,性差別と関連しているよという研究。/ The dark core of personality predicts mate poaching, jealousy, sociosexual orien…

May 27, 2024 · 8 shares · 72 followers View post →
yametekudastop
@kottaisan1 · X

RT @myuuko: パーソナリティのダークコアは,性行動や性的ハラスメント,性差別と関連しているよという研究。/ The dark core of personality predicts mate poaching, jealousy, sociosexual orien…

May 26, 2024 · 8 shares · 95 followers View post →
Yuuko Morimoto
@myuuko · X

パーソナリティのダークコアは,性行動や性的ハラスメント,性差別と関連しているよという研究。/ The dark core of personality predicts mate poaching, jealousy, sociosexual orientation, ambivalent sexism, and attitudes toward sexual harassment https://t.co/3tKesharui

May 26, 2024 · 22 likes · 8 shares · 9,247 followers View post →
Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK
@doctorow · X

#5yrsago Large scale psych study identifies “#HomoEconomicus” as the source of all evil in the world https://t.co/3q4B0CWq8X #5yrsago #JustinTrudeau’s #NAFTA concessions include 20 year #CopyrightExtension https://t.co/IPwlCbb0oW 12/ https://t.co/DZMvyhkncq

Oct 2, 2023 · 1 like · 470,021 followers View post →
Psychology & Psychotherapy
@PsychologyPsy11 · X

#Psychologists define the 'dark core of personality' For more: https://t.co/BjNOiDs4j2

Aug 3, 2023 · 9 followers View post →
PRMAC_Consulting
@HarassNoMore · X

RT @VanBizWiz: Psychologists define the 'dark core of personality' https://t.co/ctjqzp1ktO Dark Tetrad...Dark Triad...what we see in many p…

Jun 9, 2023 · 1 share · 9,890 followers View post →
BCOlive
@VanBizWiz · X

Psychologists define the 'dark core of personality' https://t.co/ctjqzp1ktO Dark Tetrad...Dark Triad...what we see in many people, businesses, organizations & institutions today. Where does the law stand? #Canada #cdnpoli #BritishColumbia #bcpoli #abpoli #onpoli #Ottawa #Canada https://t.co/fCcwNuNMZe

Jun 9, 2023 · 2 likes · 1 share · 937 followers View post →
Viv Henry(END the SILENCING of Mental Health Pros)
@Fitness4DtyExam · X

3/ https://t.co/LWfoQi68UW

May 2, 2023 · 615 followers View post →
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@HIMI_toshi · X

The Dispositional Essence of Proactive Social Preferences: The Dark Core of Personality vis-à-vis 58 Traits - Benjamin E. Hilbig, Isabel Thielmann, Ingo Zettler, Morten Moshagen, 2023 https://t.co/xvoyRWeCDm

Apr 17, 2023 · 273 followers View post →
Marco Vecellio
@marcovecellio · X

The Dark Core of Personality https://t.co/FEMDHsd9Aq via @sciam

Feb 3, 2023 · 116 followers View post →
Carlos Echeverri
@carloseb3 · X

Psychopathy (lack of empathy), narcissism (excessive self-absorption), and Machiavellianism (the belief that the ends justify the means), the so-called ‘dark triad’ https://t.co/W7aQfMAV0g You can test your D-factor here: https://t.co/z5zhiXtwEp

Apr 21, 2022 · 2,551 followers View post →
Mr Chambers
@askchambers · X

Source document that I have not read: https://t.co/mmqpCfZGjh

Dec 27, 2021 · 54 followers View post →
Hella
@RHIB28 · X

@RobertKennedyJr ⚡️#GreatReset in DETAIL! BACKGROUNDS OPERATORS GOALS IMPACT on OUR LIVES

Nov 19, 2020 · 4,326 followers View post →
Hella
@RHIB28 · X

@sanaonline__ ⚡️#GreatReset in DETAIL! BACKGROUNDS OPERATORS GOALS IMPACT on OUR LIVES

Nov 19, 2020 · 4,326 followers View post →
Hella
@RHIB28 · X

@BatschkappMZ ⚡️#GreatReset in DETAIL! BACKGROUNDS OPERATORS GOALS IMPACT on OUR LIVES ▶️♨️By whom and for what?

Nov 19, 2020 · 4,326 followers View post →
Indelible Learning
@Indl_Learning · X

2/ Many “dark traits” account for ethical, moral and socially questionable behavior. https://t.co/jkR3cd4tgu Apparently, all 9 “dark” personality traits share one common “dark core”: “D-factor”. #psychology #education

Nov 10, 2020 · 420 followers View post →
Indelible Learning
@Indl_Learning · X

4/ According to the researchers, D-factor can be considered a predictor of person’s likelihood to engage in behavior associate with one or more of dark personality traits. https://t.co/muqIfsq8yB https://t.co/jkR3cdm482 #psychology #education

Nov 10, 2020 · 420 followers View post →
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@Hiro31366360 · X

RT @yamamii_dokusho: 自分ファーストな輩は、切り捨てるべき可能性が高い。 自分ファーストの輩には、 「いい人のふりして他人を攻撃する」 と最も質の悪い輩もいるから。 質の悪い輩を捨てれば、ビジネスの憂いがなくなる。 ビジネスの憂いがなくなれば、足を止…

Jul 15, 2020 · 4 shares · 13,004 followers View post →
いけめん
@ikemen_yamamii · X

RT @yamamii_dokusho: 自分ファーストな輩は、切り捨てるべき可能性が高い。 自分ファーストの輩には、 「いい人のふりして他人を攻撃する」 と最も質の悪い輩もいるから。 質の悪い輩を捨てれば、ビジネスの憂いがなくなる。 ビジネスの憂いがなくなれば、足を止…

Jul 14, 2020 · 4 shares · 4,572 followers View post →
みなこす
@minacoscos · X

RT @yamamii_dokusho: 自分ファーストな輩は、切り捨てるべき可能性が高い。 自分ファーストの輩には、 「いい人のふりして他人を攻撃する」 と最も質の悪い輩もいるから。 質の悪い輩を捨てれば、ビジネスの憂いがなくなる。 ビジネスの憂いがなくなれば、足を止…

Jul 14, 2020 · 4 shares · 1,916 followers View post →
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@karaagebo00 · X

RT @yamamii_dokusho: 自分ファーストな輩は、切り捨てるべき可能性が高い。 自分ファーストの輩には、 「いい人のふりして他人を攻撃する」 と最も質の悪い輩もいるから。 質の悪い輩を捨てれば、ビジネスの憂いがなくなる。 ビジネスの憂いがなくなれば、足を止…

Jul 14, 2020 · 4 shares · 9,113 followers View post →
やまみー
@yamamii_dokusho · X

自分ファーストな輩は、切り捨てるべき可能性が高い。 自分ファーストの輩には、 「いい人のふりして他人を攻撃する」 と最も質の悪い輩もいるから。 質の悪い輩を捨てれば、ビジネスの憂いがなくなる。 ビジネスの憂いがなくなれば、足を止める懸念がなくなるよね! https://t.co/2Jdp5BXIQ5

Jul 14, 2020 · 5 likes · 4 shares · 45,806 followers View post →