For narcissistic people, the gap between perception and reality may go far deeper than we thought

Narcissism may be more than a misguided belief about how important you are - it could distort your perception in other ways.

Ava Green, Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, City St George's, University of London • conversation
March 7, 2025 • ~8 min

Olympics 2024: how dark personality traits may affect the relationship between coaches and athletes who win gold this summer

New study shows dark triad traits can be good for performance but bad for coach-athlete relationships in the long term.

Joseph Stanford, PhD Candidate in Sport and Exercise Psychology, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Aug. 5, 2024 • ~6 min

'Dark empaths': how dangerous are psychopaths and narcissists with empathy?

Researchers used to believe people with ‘dark personalities’ had empathy deficits, but new research is challenging that.

Alexander Sumich, Associate Professor of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
March 16, 2022 • ~9 min

Personality can predict who's a rule-follower and who flouts COVID-19 social distancing guidelines

Psychologists call these traits the 'Big Five': openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. A researcher suggests your profile implies your response to social distancing.

James M. Honeycutt, Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Louisiana State University; Lecturer in Executive Education, University of Texas at Dallas • conversation
July 15, 2020 • ~9 min

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