RT Article
T1 Contributions of the dark triad to moral disengagement among incarcerated and community adults
JF Legal and criminological psychology
VO 26
IS 2
SP 196
OP 214
A1 Navas, María Patricia
A1 Maneiro, Lorena
A1 Cutrín, Olalla
A1 Gómez-Fraguela, José Antonio
A1 Sobral, Jorge
A2 Maneiro, Lorena
A2 Cutrín, Olalla
A2 Gómez-Fraguela, José Antonio
A2 Sobral, Jorge
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1765037026
AB Previous research has revealed a strong association between moral disengagement (MD) and criminal behaviour. However, few studies have attempted to examine the contribution of dark personalities to MD. This study aims to first analyse the differences between forensic and community samples in the use of MD strategies and then replicate the factorial structure of the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen scale in an incarcerated sample as a pre-condition to examine the relationship between dark triad (DT) traits (i.e. Machiavellianism, psychopathy and narcissism) and MD. The sample comprised 160 incarcerated and 160 community adults. Comparisons between these two groups demonstrate that the incarcerated sample scored higher in MD and DT than the community sample. Furthermore, different MD strategies were related to each of the DT traits in the forensic and community samples. The results of exploratory factor analysis for the incarcerated sample indicate adequate fit indices for a bifactorial model of the DT (a latent factor of the shared variance of these constructs named the global DT and three specific latent factors for each component of the DT). The SEM analysis for this bifactorial model and MD disclosed direct and significant relationships between the global DT and MD in the incarcerated adults, while the Machiavellianism factor was directly and significantly related to MD in the community adults. These results highlight the relevance of cognitive (i.e. MD) strategies in forensic contexts, especially in incarcerated adults who present high levels of this DT profile.
K1 Risk Factors
K1 Moral Disengagement
K1 Dark Triad
K1 Criminal behaviour
DO 10.1111/lcrp.12190