Dark triad

Topic

The dark triad is a psychological construct of personality traits that describes the relationship between three notably aversive but non-pathological traits: Machiavellianism, sub-clinical narcissism, and sub-clinical psychopathy. First introduced by Delroy L. Paulhus and Kevin M. Williams in 2002, these traits are characterized by malevolent qualities such as self-promotion, emotional coldness, duplicity, and aggressiveness.