Mate-selection and the Dark Triad: Facilitating a Short-term Mating Strategy and Creating a Volatile Environment

• Main Authors: JONASON, Peter K., VALENTINE, Katherine A., LI, Norman P., HARBESON, Carmelita L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Dark Triad; Mate preferences; Budget allocation; Personality; Gender and Sexuality; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1128; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2384/viewcontent/JonasonValentineLiHarbeson2011.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The current study (N = 242) seeks to establish the relationship between traits known collectively as the Dark Triad – narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism – and mating standards and preferences. Using a budget-allocation task, we correlated scores on the Dark Triad traits with mate preferences...