The dark triad and light triad are frameworks for describing different personalities. Dark triad traits include narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. Light triad traits involve humanism ...

The Dark Triad Personality Quiz Take this quiz to explore whether you’ve got hints of the dark triad in you. Reflect on the questions and answer them as truthfully as possible.

Signs of a Dark Triad Personality Dark triads can be a paradox, says Phoenix Adams, D.S.W., L.C.S.W., executive vice president of Florida programming for Caron Treatment Centers.

The Dark Triad refers to a group of three personality traits—narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy—that share a common core of manipulation, callousness, and self-centeredness.

Well, there's actually a name for that particular cocktail of negative personality traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy)— and psychologists call it the Dark Triad.

Searching for a vulnerable dark triad: Comparing Factor 2 psychopathy, vulnerable narcissism, and borderline personality disorder. Journal of Personality, 78, 1529–1564.

Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy all influence break-up behavior. Image credit: fizkes/Shutterstock.com Getting dumped by a Dark Triad personality may be a little messy.

People living in societies with more corruption, inequality, poverty and violence are more likely to exhibit "dark" personality traits—like narcissism, psychopathy and spitefulness. This is the ...

A new study says that short men are evolutionarily hardwired for “dark triad” personality traits. Like big d–k energy, the short king’s height only compounded their magnetism.