RT Article
T1 Still waters run deep: self-control as a moderator of dark personality traits for antisocial conduct and violent attitudes
JF The journal of forensic psychiatry & psychology
VO 35
IS 4
SP 507
OP 521
A1 DeLisi, Matt
A1 Pechorro, Pedro Fernandes dos Santos
A1 Nunes, Kevin L.
A2 Pechorro, Pedro Fernandes dos Santos
A2 Nunes, Kevin L.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/189516575X
AB Although self-control is frequently comorbid with other antisocial features, some individuals who exhibit psychological risk factors for antisocial conduct nevertheless have relatively high self-control. With this complexity in mind, the current study examined self-control as a potential moderator of antisociality/criminality features and violent attitudes using a community sample of 354 adult participants from Portugal. We found significant evidence that self-control moderates the dark core of personality when predicting antisociality/criminality, but not when predicting violent attitudes. We also found self-control moderates psychopathy when predicting antisocialty/criminality, but self-control had more robust moderation effects for violent attitudes. Specifically, self-control moderated narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism. Self-control did not moderate Machiavellianism in either model. Findings corroborate the notion that self-control plays an important role in moderating some dark traits of personality that are significant predictors for antisocial/criminal behaviors.
K1 violent attitudes
K1 Self-control
K1 Dark Tetrad
K1 dark core of personality
K1 Criminality
K1 Antisociality
DO 10.1080/14789949.2024.2343841