Wandering in the darkness of personality: Empathy, alexithymia and their relationship to the Dark Tetrad

The Dark Tetrad is a group of four personality traits, namely Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism. Although these traits are conceptually distinct, they also share a number of common characteristics. Previous evidence has suggested that the Dark Tetrad traits could be associated wi...

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Published in:	Current Research in Behavioral Sciences
Main Authors:	Marialaura Di Tella, Sara Veggi, Agata Benfante, Darrick Jolliffe, David P. Farrington, Lorys Castelli, Georgia Zara
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-01-01
Subjects:	Machiavellianism Psychopathy Narcissism Sadism Empathy Alexithymia
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666518224000147

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