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
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