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A Study on Dark Triad Personality and Emergency Response and Psychological Adaptation among Young Adults during Pandemic

Version 1 : Received: 4 May 2023 / Approved: 5 May 2023 / Online: 5 May 2023 (02:30:22 CEST)

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Jamal, S.; Bhatt, S. A Study on Dark Triad Personality and Emergency Response and Psychological Adaptation Among Young Adults During Pandemic. Current Research in Psychology 2023, 10, 1–9, doi:10.3844/crpsp.2023.1.9. Jamal, S.; Bhatt, S. A Study on Dark Triad Personality and Emergency Response and Psychological Adaptation Among Young Adults During Pandemic. Current Research in Psychology 2023, 10, 1–9, doi:10.3844/crpsp.2023.1.9.

Abstract

The present research was titled “A Study on Dark Triad Personality and Emergency Response and Psychological Adaptation among Young Adults during Pandemic.” The purpose of the study was to explore the association between the dimensions of dark triad personality namely narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism and the dimensions of emergency response and psychological adaptation namely worry, agitation, awareness, prosociality, perceived self-efficacy. The correlation between the dimensions of dark triad personality and the dimensions of emergency response and psychological adaptation. Gender differences were also studied for the dimension dark triad personality. The results showed that a strong positive correlation existed between narcissism and agitation, Machiavellianism and worry and Machiavellianism and agitation. Narcissism and psychopathy were found to be strong predictors of agitation. Significant Gender differences were noted on the dimensions of psychopathy and Machiavellianism where males scored higher than females.

Keywords

dark triad personality; emergency response; psychological adaptation; narcissism; psychopathy

Subject

Social Sciences, Psychology

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