The Dark Side of Emotion Recognition - Evidence From Cross-Cultural Research in Germany and China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The dark triad of personality (DT) comprises three antisocial personality traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) that are characterized by callousness and the motive to elevate the self while derogating other people. Previous research indicates that the positive relationship between the DT traits and interpersonally deviant behaviors is especially pronounced at high levels of emotional abilities. This has also been referred to as dark Emotional Intelligence (EI). Since prior studies predominantly examined dark EI via trait-approach, the present study targeted at providing evidence for dark EI using a behavioral measure of EI, namely emotion recognition performance. In order to study the robustness and cross-cultural validity of findings, parallel in

SUBMITTER: Schmitt HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7363803 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature