Hardin Benjamin S, Smith C Veronica, Jordan Lauren N
Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, United States.
Pers Individ Dif. 2021 Mar;171:110504. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110504. Epub 2020 Nov 7.
As the COVID-19 pandemic and interventions intended to minimize its spread continue to impact daily life, personality research may help to address the different ways in which people respond to a major global health crisis. The present study assessed the role of dark personality traits in predicting different responses to the pandemic. A nationally representative sample of 412 Americans completed measures of the Dark Tetrad as well as perceptions of COVID-19 threat, emergency beliefs, and positive and negative affect in response to COVID-19. Narcissism and Machiavellianism predicted greater negative affect and perceptions of threat during the pandemic, while psychopathy predicted positive affect. Conversely, sadism predicted greater positive affect. Dark personality also showed some predictive ability in explaining pandemic-related behaviors (e.g., more frequent cleaning) but not others (e.g., social distancing). Our findings provide evidence for differences in how dark personality traits predict individual responses to global crises.
随着新冠疫情以及旨在尽量减少其传播的干预措施持续影响日常生活，人格研究或许有助于探讨人们应对这一重大全球健康危机的不同方式。本研究评估了黑暗人格特质在预测对疫情的不同反应方面所起的作用。一个由412名美国人组成的具有全国代表性的样本完成了黑暗四人格量表的测量，以及对新冠疫情威胁的认知、应急信念，以及对新冠疫情的积极和消极情绪反应。自恋和权谋主义预测出在疫情期间会有更大的消极情绪和威胁认知，而精神病态则预测出积极情绪。相反，施虐倾向预测出更大的积极情绪。黑暗人格在解释与疫情相关的行为（如更频繁地清洁）方面也显示出一定的预测能力，但在其他行为（如社交距离）方面则不然。我们的研究结果为黑暗人格特质如何预测个体对全球危机的反应存在差异提供了证据。
