Bringing Light Into the Dark: Associations of Fire Interest and Fire Setting With the Dark Tetrad.

ABSTRACT: Fire setting is a significant problem for society, costing many human lives and causing great property damage. One important risk factor of fire setting observed in forensic samples is fire interest. However, less is known about the relationship of fire interest and fire setting to other variables such as personality traits in subclinical samples. In this study, we observed the relationship of potentially important personality traits with fire interest and fire setting in a sample of N = 222 students. In addition to zero-order correlations, we calculated path models and a logistic regression including all predictor variables. From the Dark Tetrad, consisting of psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, and three facets of sadism, psychopathy, and physical sadism were found to be as

SUBMITTER: Wehner C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9272986 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature