Seeking or giving help? Linkages between the Dark Triad traits and adolescents' help seeking and giving orientations: The role of zero-sum mindset

IF 3.5 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2024-12-30 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2024.113031

Xueli Zhu , Zifei Li

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Abstract

Objectives

Our understanding of the connections between the Dark Triad traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) and help-giving orientations remains nebulous, and there is surprisingly little scholarly insight into the help-seeking styles of individuals with these traits. This study investigated the relationships between the Dark Triad and help-seeking and help-giving styles, and whether the zero-sum mindset explains these linkages.

Methods

Given the inevitability of helping interactions in social settings, especially among adolescents, a sample of 455 Chinese adolescents aged 13–17 (59.6 % boys; M = 15.14, SD = 2.57) reported their Dark Triad traits, zero-sum mindset, and help-seeking and help-giving styles.

Results

Narcissists were more likely to seek and offer both autonomous and dependent help, whereas Machiavellians and psychopaths were less inclined to seek and offer dependent help. Narcissism and Machiavellianism were indirectly associated with all help-seeking and help-giving styles via zero-sum mindset, while psychopathy was directly linked to autonomous help-seeking and oppositional and dependent help-giving orientations.

Conclusion

In sum, the Dark Triad traits demonstrate distinct patterns of help-seeking and help-giving behaviors, and view helping interaction via a zero-sum lens. Understanding these varied styles can provide valuable insights into how individuals with Dark Triad traits navigate social dynamics.

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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4.70%

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577

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.