Psychological shadows: The Dark Tetrad and fraudulent shopping practices

IF 2.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113103

Aaron Cohen

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Abstract

Fraudulent shopping practices, particularly fraudulent returns, result in significant financial losses for retailers and society. Despite this, the relationship between personality traits and such practices has received limited attention. This study explores the connection between Dark Tetrad traits and various types of fraudulent shopping behaviors. The sample comprised 250 US adults recruited through Prolific.

The findings indicate that Dark Tetrad traits are linked to different fraudulent shopping practices. Specifically, Machiavellianism positively influences impulsive buying behavior. Psychopathy is associated with both previous experiences of fraudulent shopping and a proclivity for consumer fraudulent returns, exhibiting a strong effect without significant influence from demographic variables. Narcissism emerges as the sole trait related to knowledge of return policies, while Machiavellianism uniquely correlates with intentions for online returns. In contrast, sadism shows no significant relationship with any fraudulent shopping behaviors.

The study concludes with practical and theoretical implications, highlighting the need for further research on this critical issue.

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心理阴影：黑暗四分体和欺诈购物行为

欺诈购物行为，特别是欺诈退货，给零售商和社会造成了重大的经济损失。尽管如此，人格特质和这种做法之间的关系却受到了有限的关注。本研究探讨了黑暗四分体特征与各种类型的欺诈购物行为之间的联系。样本包括250名通过多产网站招募的美国成年人。研究结果表明，黑暗四分体的特征与不同的欺诈购物行为有关。具体而言，马基雅维利主义正向影响冲动购买行为。精神病与以前的欺诈购物经历和消费者欺诈退货的倾向有关，表现出强烈的影响，而不受人口变量的显著影响。自恋是与退货政策相关的唯一特征，而马基雅维利主义则与在线退货的意图相关。相比之下，虐待狂与任何欺诈性购物行为没有显着关系。该研究总结了实践和理论意义，强调了对这一关键问题进行进一步研究的必要性。

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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

审稿时长

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.