The bright side of personality. Issue 3 (March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Musek, Janek; Grum, Darja Kobal
• Is Part Of: Heliyon. Volume 7:Issue 3(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-03
• Subjects: Personality -- Positive psychology -- Dark triad -- Emotional stability -- Agreeableness -- Conscientiousness -- Values -- Wellbeing; Research -- Periodicals; Medical sciences -- Periodicals; Natural history -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Earth sciences -- Periodicals; Physical sciences -- Periodicals; 507.2
• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06370
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2405-8440

Abstract

Abstract: The article addresses the question, which personality dimensions mostly contribute to the positive human functioning, especially to wellbeing and prosocial values. As we predicted, the three dimensions from the Big Five factors are mostly opposed to the negative personality characteristics known as Dark Triad (narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy), namely emotional stability (low neuroticism), agreeableness and conscientiousness. The results demonstrated negative relationship between these personality dimensions (labeled Bright Triad) and Dark Triad. Both Dark and Bright Triad dimensions are substantially loaded with one single bipolar latent dimension, the Dark versus Bright Personality. The results also confirmed the substantial connections of the Bright Triad dimensions to the wellbeing and the values. The Bright Triad dimensions are positively associated with general life satisfaction and traditional, social, cognitive and democratic values and tend to be negatively associated with status or power values. On the other side, Dark Triad dimensions are positively related to the status values and tend to be negatively related to the prosocial values. Abstract : Personality; Positive psychology; Dark triad; Emotional stability; Agreeableness; Conscientiousness; Values; Wellbeing.