RT Article
T1 Malevolent Forces: Self-Control, the Dark Triad, and Crime
JF Youth violence and juvenile justice
VO 15
IS 2
SP 191
OP 215
A1 Wright, John Paul
A2 Almeida, Pedro R.
A2 Almosaed, Nora F.
A2 Bashatah, Fawzia S.
A2 Moghrabi, Sameera S.
A2 Morgan, Mark Alden
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1744731802
AB The Dark Triad is represented by three interrelated personality characteristics thought to share a “dark core”—that is, to be associated with a range of negative outcomes. We investigate this link alongside another potent predictor of crime, low self-control. Our analyses found the Dark Triad was strongly predictive of delinquency, especially violent delinquency, where it accounted for the effects of self-control. Yet it exerted no significant effect on drug-based delinquency. However, an interaction between the Dark Triad and low self-control remained substantive and predictive across all models, where low self-control amplified the effects of the Dark Triad on delinquency.
K1 Dark Triad
K1 Juvenile Delinquency
K1 Low self-control
K1 Malevolence
K1 Psychopathy
DO 10.1177/1541204016667995