The battle between light and dark side of personality: How light and dark personality traits predict mating strategies in the online context

Q2 Social Sciences

Interpersona Pub Date : 2022-12-09 DOI:10.5964/ijpr.7869

Lana Tucaković, Ljubiša Bojić, Nemanja Nikolić

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Abstract

In recent years, online dating websites, applications, and social media have become increasingly popular tools for finding romantic and/or sexual partners. Individual differences in personality traits predict the use of online dating websites and applications and also influence the motives for their use. Previous work regarding mating strategies in the context of online dating has focused on the Dark Tetrad concept of malevolent personality while ignoring the Light Triad concept of beneficent personality. Light and dark personality traits are not seen as polar opposites as they supplement each other. Thus, the current study aimed to explore the utility of both light (i.e., Faith in Humanity, Humanism, and Kantianism) and dark (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism) personality traits in predicting mating strategies in the online context. A total of 216 participants, ages 20 to 56, which used online dating sites, apps, and social media for finding partners in the past year, completed an online questionnaire assessing Dark Tetrad traits, Light Triad traits, and mating orientations. Narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism positively correlated, while Faith in Humanity and Kantianism negatively correlated with short-term mating. However, only Faith in Humanity was a significant predictor of short-term mating. As for long-term mating, the results have shown that it is negatively related to psychopathy and sadism, while it is positively related to all Light Triad traits. Faith in Humanity, Humanism, and Kantianism were significant predictors of long-term mating. These findings highlight the utility of the Dark Tetrad and Light Triad traits in mating orientation research.

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性格的光明与黑暗之间的斗争:光明与黑暗的性格特征如何预测网络环境下的交配策略

近年来，在线约会网站、应用程序和社交媒体已经成为寻找浪漫和/或性伴侣的越来越流行的工具。个性特征的个体差异预测了在线约会网站和应用程序的使用情况，也影响了使用这些网站和应用程序的动机。先前关于在线约会背景下的交配策略的工作主要集中在邪恶人格的黑暗四人格概念上，而忽略了善良人格的光明三人格概念。光明和黑暗的性格特征并不被视为两极对立，因为它们相互补充。因此，本研究旨在探讨光明人格特征(即人性信仰、人文主义和康德主义)和黑暗人格特征(即马基雅维利主义、自恋、精神病和虐待狂)在预测网络情境下的交配策略中的效用。在过去的一年中，共有216名年龄在20岁至56岁之间的参与者使用在线约会网站、应用程序和社交媒体寻找伴侣，他们完成了一份评估黑暗四人格特征、光明三人格特征和交配取向的在线问卷。自恋、精神病和施虐正相关，而信仰人性和康德主义与短期交配负相关。然而，只有对人性的信仰是短期交配的重要预测因素。至于长期交配，结果表明它与精神病和虐待狂呈负相关，而与所有光明三位一体特征呈正相关。对人性、人文主义和康德主义的信仰是长期婚姻的重要预测因素。这些发现强调了黑暗四分体和光明三分体特征在交配取向研究中的实用性。

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Interpersona Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

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1.00

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38 weeks

期刊介绍： 1) Interpersona aims at promoting scholarship in the field of interpersonal relationships based on different methodologies and stemming from several disciplines, including Psychology, Family Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication Studies, Economics, Management Science, Biology, Health Sciences, History, and others. Interpersona aims at contributing to the collective construction of an Interpersonal Relationship Science. 2) Manuscripts examining a wide range of relationships, including close or intimate relationships and weak or temporary ties, are welcome. Some examples are indicated below: Biology - Biological foundations of human relationships: physiological and neurobiological phenomena related to interpersonal interactions. The evolutionary foundations of interpersonal relationships including comparative and animal studies of social interactions. Psychology and Family Studies: close or intimate relations including romantic relationships, family relationships and friendship. Family relationships encompass spouses, parents and children, siblings, and other relations among nuclear and extended family members.[...] 3) In addition to original empirical (qualitative or quantitative) research, theoretical or methodological contributions, integrative reviews, meta-analyses, comparative or historical studies, and critical assessments of the status of the field are welcome as submissions. 4) Interpersona is a totally free access journal and readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles without any charge. All papers are peer-reviewed by members of the editorial board or ad-hoc reviewers under the supervision of an editor. [...] 5) All Interpersona content is available in full text with no charge. All submitted papers are reviewed by at least two referees before being accepted for publication.

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