Knowledge is power, so I publish a lot of psytoday but yes, I do make it easier to read by omitting all the citations and unnecessary examples. (Men are so concerned with their credentials, it interferes with our ability to understand them.)
The Dark Triad… sounds like a villain on Charmed?
Something that would destroy Sunnydale and stress Buffy?
A threat that only Captain America or the X-Men could thwart?
All compelling options, yet perhaps it is something much worse. Potentially, it’s a personality structure of people that we have, or worse, are currently, dating.
Before reviewing how the Dark Triad personality structure influences romantic partner communication, let’s first describe what this personality profile encompasses.
At the core, it describes a personality structure consisting of narcissism, and Machiavellianism.
a narcissist displays “grandiosity, entitlement, dominance, and superiority”; a is a person with “high impulsivity and thrill-seeking along with low empathy and anxiety” ; lastly, a Machiavellian “in short, [is] the manipulative personality”.
This personality structure influences communication and courtship behaviors.
For example, individuals reporting higher levels of the Dark Triad reported a strong preference for short-term relationships and, similarly, higher numbers of sexual partners.
Interestingly, research demonstrates that such individuals also report commitment avoidance but, interestingly, are actively able to steal mates and be taken from mates.
The Dark Triad relates to conflict communication.
In our study of romantic partner communication, we found that individuals reporting higher levels of the Dark Triad structure also reported that the nature of their partner conflict was hostile and intense.
Partially explaining the hostile and intense nature of their conflict was our other finding that, in general, Dark Triad personalities reported higher levels of contempt, criticism, stonewalling and defensiveness.
The aforementioned messages are known as the Four Horsemen and directly related to divorce.
Finally, we found, overall, that Dark Triad individuals reported higher levels of romantic partner conflict.
Our communication is both dependent upon and reflective of our psychological structures. Findings relevant to the Dark Triad, such as the ones presented above, further illustrate the connections among psychology and communication.
Thus, this entry further underscores how complicated dating and mating can be.
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