Dark Tetrad Personality Traits: An Analysis by Gender in Aggressors and Victims of School Bullying

The present study was designed with the purpose of contributing to the existing scientific literature about the presence of Dark Tetrad personality traits—Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism—in aggressors and victims of school bullying, also taking into account the possible gender...

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Autores: Estévez-López, Estefanía, Estévez-García, Francisco, Flores, Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Repositorio:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMH
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11000/37955
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Palabra clave:Adolescence
Personality traits
Dark Tetrad
Bullying
Gender
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spelling Dark Tetrad Personality Traits: An Analysis by Gender in Aggressors and Victims of School BullyingEstévez-López, EstefaníaEstévez-García, FranciscoFlores, ElenaAdolescencePersonality traitsDark TetradBullyingGenderCDU::1 - Filosofía y psicología::159.9 - PsicologíaThe present study was designed with the purpose of contributing to the existing scientific literature about the presence of Dark Tetrad personality traits—Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism—in aggressors and victims of school bullying, also taking into account the possible gender differences in both roles. The results, obtained by means of the Two-Way Multivariate Analysis of Variance, with a sample of participants made up of 2977 adolescents and aged between 11 and 17, indicated that adolescents with a higher participation in bullying behaviors and those that are highly victimized, obtained higher scores in the four Dark Tetrad traits. By gender, boys displayed higher scores in sadism, both in the bullying and victimization model. In addition, two interactions between victimization and gender were identified: Victimization was associated with higher comparative levels of Machiavellianism and narcissism in boys than in girls. These results suggest the need to include the study of these components of personality and gender in the understanding, prevention, and intervention in school bullying situations among adolescents.SpringerDepartamentos de la UMH::Psicología de la Salud202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11000/37955reponame:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMHinstname:Universidad Miguel Hernández de ElcheIngléshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-025-09772-zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/oai:dspace.umh.es:11000/379552026-05-27T13:36:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dark Tetrad Personality Traits: An Analysis by Gender in Aggressors and Victims of School Bullying
title Dark Tetrad Personality Traits: An Analysis by Gender in Aggressors and Victims of School Bullying
spellingShingle Dark Tetrad Personality Traits: An Analysis by Gender in Aggressors and Victims of School Bullying
Estévez-López, Estefanía
Adolescence
Personality traits
Dark Tetrad
Bullying
Gender
CDU::1 - Filosofía y psicología::159.9 - Psicología
title_short Dark Tetrad Personality Traits: An Analysis by Gender in Aggressors and Victims of School Bullying
title_full Dark Tetrad Personality Traits: An Analysis by Gender in Aggressors and Victims of School Bullying
title_fullStr Dark Tetrad Personality Traits: An Analysis by Gender in Aggressors and Victims of School Bullying
title_full_unstemmed Dark Tetrad Personality Traits: An Analysis by Gender in Aggressors and Victims of School Bullying
title_sort Dark Tetrad Personality Traits: An Analysis by Gender in Aggressors and Victims of School Bullying
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Estévez-López, Estefanía
Estévez-García, Francisco
Flores, Elena
author Estévez-López, Estefanía
author_facet Estévez-López, Estefanía
Estévez-García, Francisco
Flores, Elena
author_role author
author2 Estévez-García, Francisco
Flores, Elena
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamentos de la UMH::Psicología de la Salud
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adolescence
Personality traits
Dark Tetrad
Bullying
Gender
CDU::1 - Filosofía y psicología::159.9 - Psicología
topic Adolescence
Personality traits
Dark Tetrad
Bullying
Gender
CDU::1 - Filosofía y psicología::159.9 - Psicología
description The present study was designed with the purpose of contributing to the existing scientific literature about the presence of Dark Tetrad personality traits—Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism—in aggressors and victims of school bullying, also taking into account the possible gender differences in both roles. The results, obtained by means of the Two-Way Multivariate Analysis of Variance, with a sample of participants made up of 2977 adolescents and aged between 11 and 17, indicated that adolescents with a higher participation in bullying behaviors and those that are highly victimized, obtained higher scores in the four Dark Tetrad traits. By gender, boys displayed higher scores in sadism, both in the bullying and victimization model. In addition, two interactions between victimization and gender were identified: Victimization was associated with higher comparative levels of Machiavellianism and narcissism in boys than in girls. These results suggest the need to include the study of these components of personality and gender in the understanding, prevention, and intervention in school bullying situations among adolescents.
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