Personality underpinnings of dark personalities: An example of Dark Triad and deadly sins

The Dark Triad of personally is most commonly studied model of dark personally traits. The current study attempts to empirically compare the Dark Triad to other catalog of dark personally traits, namely the seven deadly sins, and locate them within the broader model of personally - the Circumplex of Personally Metatraits model. We examined this problem from two perspectives: self- (N = 280) and other-report (N = 412) using the Short Dark Triad, Vices and Virtues Scales, and the Circumplex of Personally Metatraits Questionnaire. The Dark Triad and the seven deadly sins were substantially interrelated. Moreover, both analyzed models of dark personally traits were strongly associated with Alpha-Minus (both, in self- and other-report), providing evidence about their dark character. The expected locations within the Circumplex of Personally Metatraits were generally supported, nevertheless there were some discrepancies between self- and other report. Results of our study reveals that the Dark Triad of personally does not fully exhaust the possible catalog of the dark personally and future research is needed to fill this gap.