A behavioral genetic study of the dark triad of personality and moral development

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-136

  Campbell, Jennifer ^a   Schermer, Julie Aitken ^a   Villani, Vanessa C ^b   Nguyen, Brenda ^c   Vickers, Leanne ^a   Vernon, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORALITY; NARCISSISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; NARCISSISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66249145417     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.2.132     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Bebeau, M. J., & Thoma, S. J. (2003). Guide for DIT-2: A guide for using the Defining Issues Test, Version 2 (DIT-2) and the scoring service for the Center for the Study of Ethical Development. Minneapolis, MN: Center for the Study of Ethical Development, University of Minnesota.
2. Blair, R. J. R. (1995). A cognitive developmental approach to morality: Investigating the psychopath. Cognition, 57, 1-29.
3. Christie, R., & Geis, F. L. (1970). Studies in Machiavel - lianism. New York: Academic Press. Eysenck, H. J. (1994). The Big Five or Giant Three: Criteria for a paradigm. In C.F. Halverson, G. A. Kohnatmm & R. P. Martin (Eds.), The developing structure of personality from infancy to adulthood. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
4. Hren, D., Vujaklija, A., Ivanisevic, R., Knezevic, J., Marusic, M., & Marusic, A. (2006). Students' moral reasoning, Machiavellianism, and socially desirable responding: Implications for teaching ethics and research integrity. Medical Education, 40, 269-277.
5. Jakobwitz, S., & Egan, V. (2006). The dark triad and normal personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 331-339.
6. Johnson, A. M., Vernon, P. A., & Feiler, A. R. (2008). Behavioural genetic studies of personality: An introduction and review of the results of 50+ years of research. In G. J. Boyle, G. Matthews, & D. H. Sakfloske (Eds.), Handbook of personality theory and assessment (Vol. 1). Sage Publishers.
7. Kohlberg, L. (1984). The psychology of moral development. New York: Harper Row.
8. Lee, K., & Ashton, M. C. (2005). Psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism in the five-factor model and the HEXACO model of personality structure. Personality and Individual differences, 38, 1571-1582.
9. Martin, N.G., Eaves, L.J., Kearsey, M.J., & Davies, P. (1978). The power of the classical twin study. Heredity, 40, 97-116.
10. McCrae, R. R., & Costa, P. T. (1985). Comparison of EPI and psychoticism scales with measures of the fivefactor model of personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 6, 587-597.
11. Neale, M., Boker, S. M., Xie, G., & Maes, H. (2002). Mx: Statistical modeling. Richmond, VA: Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia.
12. Nichols, R.C., & Bilbro, W.C. Jr. (1966). The diagnosis of twin zygosity. Acta Geneticae Medicae et Gemellologiae (Roma), 16, 265-266.
13. Paulhus, D. L., Hemphill, J. F., & Hare, R. D. (2006). Scoring manual for the Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale-III. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems.
14. Paulhus, D. L., & Williams, K. M. (2002). The dark triad of personalty: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. Journal of Research in Personality, 36, 556-563.
15. Raskin, R., & Hall, C. S. (1979). A narcissistic personality inventory. Psychological Reports, 45, 590.
16. Tarry, H., & Emlar, N. (2007). Attitudes, values and moral reasoning as predictors of delinquency. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 25, 169-185.
17. Vernon, P. A., Martin, R. A., Schermer, J. A., & Mackie, A. (2008). A behavioural genetic investigation of humor styles and their correlations with the Big-5 personality dimensions. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 1116-1125.
18. Vernon, P. A., Villani, V. C., Vickers, L. C., & Harris, J. A. (2008). A behavioural genetic investigation of the dark triad and the big 5. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 445-452.
19. Yocum, R. (2007). The moderating effects of narcissism on the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness, moral reasoning and managerial trust. Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences, 68(4-A), 1558.