Country-level correlates of the Dark Triad traits in 49 countries.
Peter Karl JonasonMagdalena Żemojtel-PiotrowskaJarosław PiotrowskiConstantine SedikidesW Keith CampbellJochen E GebauerJohn MaltbyMladen AdamovicByron G AdamsAnissa Lestari KadiyonoKokou A AtitsogbeHarshalini Y BundhooSergiu BălțătescuSnežana BilićJoel Gruneau BrulinPhatthanakit ChobthamkitAlejandra Del Carmen DominguezSonya Dragova-KolevaSofián El-AstalCarla Sofia EstevesWalaa Labib M EldesokiValdiney V GouveiaKatherine GundolfDzintra IliskoEmanuel JaukShanmukh V KambleNarine KhachatryanMartina Klicperova-BakerEmil KnezovicMonika KovacsXuejun LeiKadi LiikAgim MamutiCarlos Rodrigo Moreta-HerreraTaciano L MilfontChin Wei OngEvgeny OsinJoonha ParkBoban PetrovicJano Ramos-DiazGoran RidicAbdul QadirAdil SamekinArtur SawickiHabib TiliouineRobert TomsikCharles S UmehKees van den BosAlain Van HielOsman UsluAnna WlodarczykIllia YahiiaevPublished in: Journal of personality (2020)
We discuss the results based on evolutionary and social role models of personality and sex differences. That higher country-level narcissism was more common in less developed countries, whereas sex differences in narcissism were larger in more developed countries, is more consistent with evolutionary than social role models.