Citation

Wright JP, Morgan MA, Almeida PR, Almosaed NF, Moghrabi SS, Bashatah FS. Youth Violence Juv. Justice 2017; 15(2): 191-215.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1541204016667995

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The Dark Triad is represented by three interrelated personality characteristics thought to share a "dark core"--that is, to be associated with a range of negative outcomes. We investigate this link alongside another potent predictor of crime, low self-control. Our analyses found the Dark Triad was strongly predictive of delinquency, especially violent delinquency, where it accounted for the effects of self-control. Yet it exerted no significant effect on drug-based delinquency. However, an interaction between the Dark Triad and low self-control remained substantive and predictive across all models, where low self-control amplified the effects of the Dark Triad on delinquency.

Language: en