RT Journal Article
T1 Associations between Dark Triad and Ambivalent Sexism: Sex Differences among Adolescents
A1 Navas Sánchez, María Patricia
A1 Maneiro Boo, Lorena
A1 Cutrín Mosteiro, Olalla
A1 Gómez Fraguela, Xosé Antón
A1 Sobral Fernández, Jorge
K1 Dark Triad
K1 Machiavellianism
K1 Psychopathy
K1 Narcissism
K1 Ambivalent sexism
K1 Adolescent
AB The Dark Triad traits (DT; Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism) have been repeatedly labeled as a constellation of traits that are characterized by a dishonest and self-focused approach to interpersonal relations. Personality psychologists suggest that these traits make some people more susceptible than others to intergroup bias, threat, and aggression. Thus, in order to delve into a psychological profile prone to accepting and justifying sexist attitudes, the aims of the current study were to analyze the presence of DT and sexist attitudes in a sample of 367 adolescents (Mage = 15.12, SD = 0.88; 50.1% males), find out the relationships that DT has with both hostile and benevolent sexism, and analyze the relevant differences between sexes in these relationships. The results indicated higher scores in DT and Ambivalent sexism for males. The correlations of Machiavellianism with psychopathy, and psychopathy with narcissism revealed significantly higher associations in males than females. The structural equation modeling of the bifactorial model, characterized by a global latent factor that encompasses the common characteristics of DT—along with the three specific factors of Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism—showed that the global latent factor of DT was related to both hostile and benevolent sexism in males and females. Singularly, narcissism was related to benevolent sexism in males, and psychopathy was related to hostile sexism in females. Finally, this research discusses the implications of these results on the implementation of positive models of interpersonal relationships in adolescence towards dating violence prevention
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23447
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23447
LA eng
NO Navas, M.P.; Maneiro, L.; Cutrín, O.; Gómez-Fraguela, J.A.; Sobral, J. Associations between Dark Triad and Ambivalent Sexism: Sex Differences among Adolescents. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 7754
NO This research was funded by Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Spain under the program “Ayudas para la formación de profesorado universitario” (FPU17/02607)
DS Minerva
RD 8 jun 2026