The Dark Triad Traits and Fame Interest: Do Dark Personalities Desire Stardom?

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• 作者：Ashton C. Southard ; Virgil Zeigler-Hill
• 刊名：Current Psychology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：35
• 期：2
• 页码：255-267
• 全文大小：567 KB
• 刊物主题：Psychology, general; Social Sciences, general; Interdisciplinary Studies;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1936-4733
• 卷排序：35

文摘

Popular media has become increasingly flooded with material concerning fame and celebrities. Although the fascination with fame is not a new phenomenon, the emergence of YouTube.com and reality television has led to the perception that fame is something that seemingly anyone can achieve. Researchers have examined the characteristics that are associated with the desire for fame and have found that narcissism is one of the most consistent predictors of fame interest. The goal of the present study was to extend previous research by examining how the additional two Dark Triad personality traits (i.e., psychopathy and Machiavellianism; Paulhus and Williams 2002) and another conceptualization of narcissism (i.e., grandiose and vulnerable forms of pathological narcissism) relate to aspects of fame interest among 569 undergraduate students. Facets of psychopathy and narcissism were associated with multiple aspects of fame interest, whereas Machiavellianism was negatively associated with desiring fame for altruistic purposes only. Discussion focuses on possible explanations for the associations that the Dark Triad personality traits had with the six dimensions of fame interest.KeywordsFamePathological narcissismPsychopathyMachiavellianism