A Meta‐Analytic Test of Redundancy and Relative Importance of the Dark Triad and Five‐Factor Model of Personality

We examined the relationships between M achiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy—the three traits of the D ark T riad ( DT )—and the F ive‐ F actor M odel ( FFM ) of personality. The review identified 310 independent samples drawn from 215 sources and yielded information pertaining to global trait relationships and facet‐level relationships. We used meta‐analysis to examine (a) the bivariate relations between the DT and the five global...