TY - JOUR
T1 - The unfolding dark side
T2 - Age trends in dark personality features
AU - Klimstra, Theo A.
AU - Jeronimus, Bertus F.
AU - Sijtsema, Jelle J.
AU - Denissen, Jaap J.A.
N1 - Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Preparation of this manuscript was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research via a Veni grant (016.195.405) to Bertus F. Jeronimus and a Vidi grant (452–14-013) to Theo A. Klimstra.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Age and gender differences across the lifespan in dark personality features could provide hints regarding these features’ functions. We measured manipulation, callous affect, and egocentricity using the Dirty Dozen and their links with agreeableness in a pooled cross-sectional dataset (N = 4292) and a longitudinal dataset (N = 325). Age trends for all dark personality features were progressive through adolescence, but negative through adulthood. Men scored higher than women, but the gender gap varied with age. Trends for agreeableness partly mirrored these trends and changes in dark personality features and agreeableness were correlated. Results are discussed in light of the maturity principle of personality, gender role socialization processes, and issues regarding incremental validity of dark personality over traditional antagonism measures.
AB - Age and gender differences across the lifespan in dark personality features could provide hints regarding these features’ functions. We measured manipulation, callous affect, and egocentricity using the Dirty Dozen and their links with agreeableness in a pooled cross-sectional dataset (N = 4292) and a longitudinal dataset (N = 325). Age trends for all dark personality features were progressive through adolescence, but negative through adulthood. Men scored higher than women, but the gender gap varied with age. Trends for agreeableness partly mirrored these trends and changes in dark personality features and agreeableness were correlated. Results are discussed in light of the maturity principle of personality, gender role socialization processes, and issues regarding incremental validity of dark personality over traditional antagonism measures.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103915
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103915
M3 - Article
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 85
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
M1 - 103915
ER -