The Dark Core of Personality (2018)
2018 article and paper [1] suggesting that the <i>Dark Triad</i> [2] of personality traits, comprised of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy, can be generalized into a <i>D-factor</i> similar to the <i>g-factor</i> in intelligence.<p>From my perspective, the Dark Triad seems to be an obsession with zero-sum interactions or possibly discounting positive-sum interactions (narcissism and Machiavellianism?) while simultaneously miscalculating&#x2F;misunderstanding the cost of being socially ostracized in response (psychopathy?).<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.researchgate.net&#x2F;profile&#x2F;Morten_Moshagen&#x2F;publication&#x2F;326364629_The_Dark_Core_of_Personality&#x2F;links&#x2F;5b4b322e0f7e9b4637da7d66&#x2F;The-Dark-Core-of-Personality.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.researchgate.net&#x2F;profile&#x2F;Morten_Moshagen&#x2F;publica...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Dark_triad" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Dark_triad</a>