Pu Junwei, Lu Zhongyao, Gan Xiong
Department of Psychology, College of Education and Sports Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434022, PR China.
Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2025 Aug 16. doi: 10.1007/s10802-025-01357-3.
Life history framework underscores the importance of time perspective in studies on dark personality development and its outcomes. This study aims to examine the potential role of future negative insight between Dark Triad and antisocial attitudes through a temporal process. Data were collected from 245 participants (120 boys, 125 girls; mean age = 15.58, SD = 1.76) across three time points in a longitudinal design. Study 1 used structural equation modeling (SEM) with baseline data (T1) to examine the mediating role of future negative insight in the relationship between Dark Triad traits and antisocial attitudes. Study 2 employed a three-wave Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model (RI-CLPM) to investigate the dynamic relationships among them. Study 1's SEM analysis demonstrated that future negative insight significantly mediated the relationship between Dark Triad traits and antisocial attitudes. Study 2's RI-CLPM revealed intricate cross-lagged associations among Dark Triad traits, future negative insight, and antisocial attitudes, underscoring their temporal dynamics and longitudinal interdependence. These findings highlight the motivational process and psychological developmental mechanisms underlying the link between dark personality traits and antisocial outcomes from a temporal perspective.
生命历程框架强调了时间视角在黑暗人格发展及其结果研究中的重要性。本研究旨在通过一个时间过程来检验未来消极洞察力在黑暗三元组与反社会态度之间的潜在作用。在一项纵向设计中，从245名参与者（120名男孩，125名女孩；平均年龄=15.58，标准差=1.76）的三个时间点收集数据。研究1使用结构方程模型（SEM）和基线数据（T1）来检验未来消极洞察力在黑暗三元组特质与反社会态度关系中的中介作用。研究2采用三波随机截距交叉滞后面板模型（RI-CLPM）来研究它们之间的动态关系。研究1的SEM分析表明，未来消极洞察力显著中介了黑暗三元组特质与反社会态度之间的关系。研究2的RI-CLPM揭示了黑暗三元组特质、未来消极洞察力和反社会态度之间复杂的交叉滞后关联，强调了它们的时间动态性和纵向相互依赖性。这些发现从时间角度突出了黑暗人格特质与反社会结果之间联系的动机过程和心理发展机制。
