Vulnerable Dark Triad (VDT) and Light Triad Personalities (Literature Review)
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as posted by the channelERRATUM: the light triad model of Kantianism-humanism-faith in humanity was proposed by Kaufman, not by Johnson.
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Vulnerable dark triad
The vulnerable dark triad comprises three related and similar constructs: vulnerable narcissism, secondary psychopathy, and borderline personality traits.[53]
LITERATURE
Miller, J.D., Dir, A., Gentile, B., Wilson, L., Pryor, L.R. and Campbell, W.K. (2010), Searching for a Vulnerable Dark TriadComparing Factor 2 Psychopathy, Vulnerable Narcissism, and Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal of Personality, 7815291564.
Gamache, D., Maheux‐Caron, V., Théberge, D., Côté, A., Rancourt, M. A., Hétu, S., & Savard, C. (2023). Revisiting the vulnerable dark triad hypothesis using a bifactor model. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 64(5), 679692.
Bruno Bonfá-Araujo, Julie Aitken Schermer,
Unveiling the fragile façade: A scoping review and meta-analysis of the Vulnerable Dark Triad,
Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 224,
2024, 112659, ISSN 0191-8869,
Light triad
First suggested by Laura Johnson in her 2018 masters thesis. It comprises 3 traits: empathy, compassion, and altruism.
According to Kaufman (2019), the light triad incorporates three personality traits: Kantianism, Humanism, Faith in Humanity.
Light triad is only mildly anticorrelated with the dark triad: people can have traits from both.
Light Triad can be defined as a set of prosocial (Johnson, 2018), loving (Kaufman et al., 2019), caring (Gerymski & Krok, 2019), benevolent (Lukić & Živanović, 2021), or positive personality traits (Ramos-Vera et al., 2023).
LITERATURE
Kaufman, S. B. (2019). The light triad vs. dark triad of personality. Scientific American Mind, 30(4), 20–23.
Kaufman, S. B., Yaden, D. B., & Hyde, E. (2019). The light vs. dark triad of personality: Contrasting two very different profiles of human nature. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 438704.
Lukić, P., & Živanović, M. (2021). Shedding light on the light triad: Further evidence on structural, construct, and predictive validity of the light triad. Personality and Individual Differences, 178, 110876.
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