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Trait Emotional Intelligence and the Dark Triad Traits of Personality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

K. V. Petrides ,
Philip A. Vernon ,
Julie Aitken Schermer  and
Livia Veselka
K. V. Petrides*
Affiliation:
London Psychometric Laboratory, University College London, United Kingdom. [email protected]
Philip A. Vernon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Julie Aitken Schermer
Affiliation:
Management and Organizational Studies, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Livia Veselka
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
*
*Address for correspondence: K.V. Petrides, London Psychometric Laboratory, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP, UK.

Abstract

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This study presents the first behavioral genetic investigation of the relationships between trait emotional intelligence (trait EI or trait emotional self-efficacy) and the Dark Triad traits of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. In line with trait EI theory, the construct correlated positively with narcissism, but negatively with the other two traits. Generally, the correlations were consistent across the 4 factors and 15 facets of the construct. Cholesky decomposition analysis revealed that the phenotypic associations were primarily due to correlated genetic factors and secondarily due to correlated nonshared environmental factors, with shared environmental factors being nonsignificant in all cases. Results are discussed from the perspective of trait EI theory with particular reference to the issue of adaptive value.

Keywords

trait emotional self-efficacyDark Triadbehavioral geneticsnarcissismMachiavellianismpsychopathyTEIQue
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Articles
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , 01 February 2011 , pp. 35 - 41
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011