A new analysis of psychological data suggests that manipulative personality traits may stem from deep-seated insecurities ...

The idea that a “dark triad” lurks beneath the surface of the most manipulative and undesirable of people has support from a wide range of studies in psychology and personality. As you can tell from ...

In personality psychology, debate exists about whether socially aversive traits are adaptive in an evolutionary sense or whether they are pathologies that decrease an individual’s reproductive fitness ...