Seeking or giving help? Linkages between the Dark Triad traits and adolescents' help seeking and giving orientations: The role of zero-sum mindset

IF 2.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-30 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2024.113031

Xueli Zhu , Zifei Li

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Abstract

Objectives

Our understanding of the connections between the Dark Triad traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) and help-giving orientations remains nebulous, and there is surprisingly little scholarly insight into the help-seeking styles of individuals with these traits. This study investigated the relationships between the Dark Triad and help-seeking and help-giving styles, and whether the zero-sum mindset explains these linkages.

Methods

Given the inevitability of helping interactions in social settings, especially among adolescents, a sample of 455 Chinese adolescents aged 13–17 (59.6 % boys; M = 15.14, SD = 2.57) reported their Dark Triad traits, zero-sum mindset, and help-seeking and help-giving styles.

Results

Narcissists were more likely to seek and offer both autonomous and dependent help, whereas Machiavellians and psychopaths were less inclined to seek and offer dependent help. Narcissism and Machiavellianism were indirectly associated with all help-seeking and help-giving styles via zero-sum mindset, while psychopathy was directly linked to autonomous help-seeking and oppositional and dependent help-giving orientations.

Conclusion

In sum, the Dark Triad traits demonstrate distinct patterns of help-seeking and help-giving behaviors, and view helping interaction via a zero-sum lens. Understanding these varied styles can provide valuable insights into how individuals with Dark Triad traits navigate social dynamics.

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寻求帮助还是给予帮助？黑暗三合一特质与青少年求助与提供导向的关系：零和心态的作用

我们对黑暗三合一性格（马基雅维利主义、自恋和精神病）和提供帮助取向之间的联系的理解仍然模糊不清，令人惊讶的是，对具有这些性格特征的个人的寻求帮助风格的学术见解很少。本研究调查了黑暗三合一与寻求帮助和给予帮助风格之间的关系，以及零和思维模式是否解释了这些联系。方法：考虑到社会环境中互助性互动的必然性，特别是在青少年中，对455名13-17岁的中国青少年(59.6%为男孩；M = 15.14, SD = 2.57)报告了他们的黑暗三合一特征、零和心态、寻求帮助和给予帮助的方式。结果自恋者更倾向于寻求和提供自主帮助和依赖型帮助，而马基雅维利主义者和精神变态者更倾向于寻求和提供依赖型帮助。自恋和马基雅维利主义通过零和思维方式间接与所有寻求和给予帮助的方式相关联，而精神病则直接与自主寻求帮助和对立依赖型提供帮助的方式相关联。综上所述，黑暗人格特质表现出不同的寻求帮助和给予帮助行为模式，并以零和视角看待帮助互动。了解这些不同的风格可以提供有价值的见解，了解具有黑暗三位一体特征的个体如何驾驭社会动态。

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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4.70%

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577

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41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.